Staging of Acute Diverticulitis Based on Radiologic, Clinical, and Physiologic Parameters

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Staging of Acute Diverticulitis Sallinen et al. 2015 Staging of Acute Diverticulitis Based on Radiologic, Clinical, and Physiologic Parameters

* Uncomplicated diverticulitis (including the ones with pericolic air)

(including the ones with pericolic air)</>

* Abscess > 6 cm or Distant Air

* Generalized Peritonitis

* Organ Dysfunction

30-d mortality: 32%

Need for surgery: 100%

ICU admission: 50%

Median length of hospital stay: 13 days

Sallinen VJ, Leppäniemi AK, Mentula PJ. Staging of acute diverticulitis based on clinical, radiologic, and physiologic parameters. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2015;78(3):543-51. PMID: 25710425