Urgent message: Abdominal pain due to acute diverticulitis is commonlyseen in the urgent care setting. This is a clinical update on the management and treatment of acute diverticulitis. Abdominal pain commonly presents in the ambulatory setting, in anywhere from 1.5% to 8% of patients.1,2 With diverticulitis being a common diagnosis in the presence of abdominal pain, the clinical challenge in a nurgent care setting is determining uncomplicated from complicated diverticulitis. Diverticulosis French pathologist Jean Cruveilhier …
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