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emDOCs Podcast – Episode 88: ED Evaluation of Diverticulitis

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These risk factors are immunosuppression, recent or current antibiotic use, signs of sepsis, symptoms > 5 days, unstable comorbidity, vomiting, CRP > 14 mg/dL or 140 mg/L, or if there are signs of perforation, bleeding, obstruction, or abscess. Ther Clin Risk Manag. Dis Colon Rectum. 2010 Jun;53(6):896-904.