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Audit of a Novel Nurse-Led Program for Non-Antibiotic Management of Acute Uncomplicated Diverticulitis.
Dis Colon Rectum
December 2024
Department of Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Background: Non-antibiotic outpatient treatment of acute uncomplicated diverticulitis is safe; however, uptake remains low.
Objective: To assess the success of non-antibiotic management of uncomplicated diverticulitis through a nurse clinician-led outpatient program.
Design: Retrospective audit from June 2022-March 2024.
Diagnosis and treatment experience of cecal diverticulitis in six pediatric patients.
Front Pediatr
December 2024
Department of General Surgery, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Objective: This study aims to summarize the clinical characteristics, diagnostic methods, and treatment experience of cecal diverticulitis in children.
Method: The clinical data of six pediatric patients with cecal diverticulitis, treated at Children's Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University from November 2021 to May 2023, were retrospectively analyzed.
Result: All patients presented with abdominal pain primarily in the lower right abdomen.
An Unusual Presentation of Acute Appendicitis Mimicking Sigmoid Diverticulitis: A Case Report.
Cureus
November 2024
General Surgery, Ankara Etlik City Hospital, Ankara, TUR.
Acute appendicitis typically causes right lower quadrant pain, but in elderly patients with comorbidities, it can present atypically, complicating diagnosis. This case highlights a rare presentation, mimicking sigmoid diverticulitis. A 70-year-old man with chronic heart failure, arrhythmia, and renal failure presented with two days of left lower quadrant pain.
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Cureus
November 2024
General Surgery, Mon Health Medical Center, Morgantown, USA.
Colouterine fistula as a sequela of diverticulitis is an extremely rare complication due to the extraordinarily thick layer of myometrium of the uterus. Because of this, an aggressive clinical evaluation is required to rule out other potential causes of fistula formation such as malignancy. However, imaging and laboratory techniques may be inconclusive, and surgery with pathologic analysis may be required for a definitive diagnosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAnakinra in relapsing polychondritis: a case report and review of the literature.
Immunotherapy
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Department of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, South Australia.
Relapsing polychondritis is rare and affects non-synovial fibrocartilage. Currently, there is a paucity of treatment algorithms, especially for those with refractory disease. A middle-aged man presented with polychondritis affecting the nose, ears, joints, and larynx.
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