More Cases of Acute Diverticulitis Treated Outside Hospital More Cases of Acute Diverticulitis Treated Outside Hospital
Primary care providers are more likely to manage cases of acute diverticulitis, shifting care guidelines away from surgery.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines - April 22, 2024 Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Internal Medicine News Source Type: news
Smoking and Drinking Up the Risk for Diverticulitis Smoking and Drinking Up the Risk for Diverticulitis
Smoking and alcohol consumption were associated with an increased risk for developing diverticulitis in a large prospective study of women.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines - January 18, 2024 Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
POCUS Certification Academy talks training with AuntMinnie.com
Interest in point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is increasing, but there are stil...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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AI performs well with portable breast ultrasound images
POCUS performance for diverticulitis depends on location
POCUS diagnostic accuracy comparable to cart model (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - August 29, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
POCUS use increases at the VA, but training gaps remain
The use of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has increased at Veterans Affair...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
POCUS performs well in identifying cause of shock
AI performs well with portable breast ultrasound images
POCUS performance for diverticulitis depends on location
POCUS diagnostic accuracy comparable to cart model
Physician assistant students prefer hands-on POCUS training (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - August 10, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
POCUS performs well in identifying cause of shock
Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) can help identify the cause of shock in circulator...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
POCUS performance for diverticulitis depends on location
Third-trimester ultrasound reduces breech pregnancies by more than 70%
POCUS diagnostic accuracy comparable to cart model
Physician assistant students prefer hands-on POCUS training
Nonprofit group highlights success for POCUS training in Haiti (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - June 5, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Surgery for Recurrent Diverticulitis Boosts QOL Surgery for Recurrent Diverticulitis Boosts QOL
Trial results show that elective sigmoid resection offers better quality of life and decreased recurrence compared with conservative treatment for those who experience at least three episodes in 2 years.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines - April 28, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Gastroenterology News Source Type: news
Could ultrasound replace MRI for brachial plexus imaging?
Although MRI and ultrasound are both useful in diagnostic workup of brachia...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
Ultrasound noninferior to scintigraphy in surgical thyroid imaging
Is axillary scanning needed in diagnostic breast ultrasound?
POCUS performance for diverticulitis depends on location
Endosocopic ultrasound may omit need for mediastinoscopy
Third-trimester ultrasound reduces breech pregnancies by more than 70% (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 25, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Elective Surgery for Diverticulitis Led to QOL Benefits, Fewer Recurrences
(MedPage Today) -- Elective sigmoid resection for patients with recurrent, complicated, or persistent painful diverticulitis yielded a better quality of life and prevented recurrences compared with nonsurgical conservative care, a 2-year analysis... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - April 19, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Ultrasound noninferior to scintigraphy in surgical thyroid imaging
Ultrasound may be a viable alternative to scintigraphy for pre-surgical imagin...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
Is axillary scanning needed in diagnostic breast ultrasound?
POCUS performance for diverticulitis depends on location
Endosocopic ultrasound may omit need for mediastinoscopy
Third-trimester ultrasound reduces breech pregnancies by more than 70%
Elastography illuminates cervical changes in pregnant women (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 14, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
POCUS performance for diverticulitis depends on location
Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) performs well in detecting diverticulitis i...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
Third-trimester ultrasound reduces breech pregnancies by more than 70%
POCUS diagnostic accuracy comparable to cart model
Physician assistant students prefer hands-on POCUS training
Nonprofit group highlights success for POCUS training in Haiti
Emergency providers don't face much legal risk from POCUS use (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 11, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Accidentally ingested wooden toothpick, perforation of a sigmoid diverticulum and mimicking acute colonic diverticulitis: a case report and literature review - Evola G, Impellizzeri G, Pulvirenti E, D'Angelo M, Reina M, Reina GA.
INTRODUCTION AND IMPORTANCE: Ingested wooden toothpick (WT) represents a rare cause of acute abdomen. Preoperative diagnosis of ingested WT is a challenge because of its unspecific clinical presentation, the low sensitivity rate of radiological investigati... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 12, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Home and Consumer Product Safety Source Type: news
Deep Learning Model Aids Differentiation of Colon Cancer, Acute Diverticulitis
FRIDAY, Jan. 27, 2023 -- A three-dimensional (3-D) convolutional neural network (CNN) can be used as an artificial intelligence (AI) support system for differentiating colon carcinoma (CC) and acute diverticulitis (AD) on computed tomography (CT)... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - January 27, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Diverticulitis Case Severity Increased Early in Pandemic
FRIDAY, Oct. 21, 2022 -- During the pandemic, surgical volumes decreased, but the clinical presentation of diverticulitis became more severe, according to a study presented at the Scientific Forum of the American College of Surgeons Clinical... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - October 21, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Diverticular Disease Substantially Increases Cancer Risk Diverticular Disease Substantially Increases Cancer Risk
Patients with diverticular disease have a 33% increased overall cancer risk compared with the general population, equivalent to one extra case in 16 patients with diverticulosis followed for 10 years.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - October 13, 2022 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
Tufts Medical Center names colon and rectal surgeon new surgery chief
Dr. Jason Hall, an internationally-renowned expert in diverticular disease, is succeeding Dr. Michael Tarnoff in both roles, who is now president and CEO of Tufts Medical Center. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - July 13, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Cassie McGrath Source Type: news
