More patients can avoid hospital admissions after emergency room visits for diverticulitis

(American College of Surgeons) Emergency room (ER) visits for diverticulitis, an inflammation of an outgrowth or pouching in the colon that can cause severe abdominal pain, have increased 21 percent in recent years. However, these ER visits don't have to land patients in the hospital as frequently as they do, according to new findings published as an 'article in press' on the Journal of the American College of Surgeons website.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news