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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
There are no other diagnostic findings for diverticulitis. Other studies, such as barium enema and colonoscopy are contraindicated in the acute phase of diverticulitis due to the risk of perforation. | There are no other diagnostic findings for diverticulitis. Other studies, such as barium enema and colonoscopy, are contraindicated in the acute phase of diverticulitis due to the risk of [[intestinal perforation]]. | ||
==Other Diagnostic Studies== | ==Other Diagnostic Studies== | ||
Other studies, such as barium enema, colonoscopy and sigmoidoscopy are contraindicated in the acute phase of diverticulitis due to the risk of perforation.<ref name="pmid18003962">{{cite journal| author=Jacobs DO| title=Clinical practice. Diverticulitis. | journal=N Engl J Med | year= 2007 | volume= 357 | issue= 20 | pages= 2057-66 | pmid=18003962 | doi=10.1056/NEJMcp073228 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=18003962 }} </ref> | Other studies, such as barium enema, colonoscopy, and sigmoidoscopy are contraindicated in the acute phase of diverticulitis due to the risk of [[intestinal perforation]].<ref name="pmid18003962">{{cite journal| author=Jacobs DO| title=Clinical practice. Diverticulitis. | journal=N Engl J Med | year= 2007 | volume= 357 | issue= 20 | pages= 2057-66 | pmid=18003962 | doi=10.1056/NEJMcp073228 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=18003962 }} </ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== |
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Overview
There are no other diagnostic findings for diverticulitis. Other studies, such as barium enema and colonoscopy, are contraindicated in the acute phase of diverticulitis due to the risk of intestinal perforation.
Other Diagnostic Studies
Other studies, such as barium enema, colonoscopy, and sigmoidoscopy are contraindicated in the acute phase of diverticulitis due to the risk of intestinal perforation.[1]
References
- ↑ Jacobs DO (2007). "Clinical practice. Diverticulitis". N Engl J Med. 357 (20): 2057–66. doi:10.1056/NEJMcp073228. PMID 18003962.