title: [Internistic therapy of acute diverticulitis].
abstract: Diverticular disease of the large bowel is very common in Western societies. The clinical pattern reaches from uncomplicated diverticular disease to acute peridiverticulitis, that ultimately afflicts about one in four patients having colonic diverticulosis. The illness may be indolent or fulminant, depending on the degree of colonic spillage and its containment. Therapy is usually medical and consists of "resting" the bowel, administering antibiotics and analgetics. Surgery is reserved for recurrent acute attacks, diffuse peritonitis, abscesses, fistulas, severe diverticular hemorrhage or obstruction. A diet rich in fibers reduces infectious complications.
authors.affiliation: Gastroenterologie und Infektionskrankheiten, Medizinische Universitätsklinik, Tübingen.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Dölle
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Daiss
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004043:Dietary Fiber / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004239:Diverticulitis, Colonic / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D010276:Parasympatholytics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013449:Sulfonamides / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics; D004043:Dietary Fiber; D010276:Parasympatholytics; D013449:Sulfonamides
vernacular_title: Internistische Therapie der akuten Divertikulitis.