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Diverticulitis in immunosuppressed patients: A fatal outcome requiring a new approach?

Author(s) -

Andreas Brandl,

Theresa Kratzer,

Reinhold KafkaRitsch,

Eva Braunwarth,

Christian Denecke,

Sascha Weiß,

Georgi Atanasov,

Robert Sucher,

Matthias Biebl,

Felix Aigner,

Johann Pratschke,

Robert Öllinger

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

canadian journal of surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.609

H-Index - 64

eISSN - 1488-2310

pISSN - 0008-428X

DOI - 10.1503/cjs.012915

Subject(s) - medicine , diverticulitis , general surgery , outcome (game theory) , intensive care medicine , surgery , mathematical economics , mathematics

Diagnosis and treatment of diverticulitis in immunosuppressed patients are more challenging than in immunocompetent patients, as maintenance immunosuppressive therapies may mask symptoms or impair the patient's ability to counteract the local and systemic infective sequelae of diverticulitis. The purpose of this study was to compare the in-hospital mortality and morbidity due to diverticulitis in immunosuppressed and immunocompetent patients and identify risk factors for lethal outcomes.

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