ABC of colorectal diseases. Diverticular disease.

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  • D J Jones
چکیده

Acute diverticulitis: Diverticular disease is very common in developed countries. It is Constant pain associated with increasing age: it affects about a third ofthose over the age of Fever 65 and halfofthose over 80. In 1989 in England and Wales 1480 deaths were Nausea and vomiting attributed to complications of diverticular disease. Bleeding Altered bowel habit Localised or generalised tenderness

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • BMJ

دوره 304 6839  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1992