Acute diverticulitis in immunosuppressed patients: a 12-year management experience.

Navid Ahmadi Nima Ahmadi Praveen Ravindran Tae Jun KimChristopher M ByrneChristopher J Young

Published in: ANZ journal of surgery (2023)

Immunosuppressed patients with uncomplicated diverticulitis can be treated safely with non-operative management. Immunosuppressed patients were more likely to have operative management for Hinchey 1b/II and more likely to have grade III/IV complications.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
liver failure
intensive care unit
drug induced
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
aortic dissection