{"id":11624,"date":"2022-02-07T17:25:48","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T16:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/?post_type=ec-news&#038;p=11624"},"modified":"2022-02-07T17:25:49","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T16:25:49","slug":"american-college-of-physicians-issues-guideline-on-colonoscopy-and-interventions-to-prevent-recurrence-after-acute-left-sided-diverticulitis","status":"publish","type":"ec-news","link":"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/en\/ec-news\/american-college-of-physicians-issues-guideline-on-colonoscopy-and-interventions-to-prevent-recurrence-after-acute-left-sided-diverticulitis\/","title":{"rendered":"American College of Physicians Issues Guideline on Colonoscopy and Interventions to Prevent Recurrence After Acute Left-sided Diverticulitis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This guideline from the American College of Physicians appears with a summary of the supporting literature review and has 3 recommendations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Colonoscopy should be performed after an initial episode of complicated left-sided colonic diverticulitis if no recent colonoscopy has been performed (conditional recommendation; low-certainty evidence).<\/li><li>Mesalamine does not prevent recurrent diverticulitis and, therefore, is not recommended for this purpose (strong recommendation; high-certainty evidence).<\/li><li>Elective surgery should be discussed with patients after an initial episode of complicated diverticulitis, or following persistent or frequently recurring episodes of uncomplicated diverticulitis. The decision of whether or not to proceed with surgery should be personalized.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This guideline from the American College of Physicians appears with a summary of the supporting literature review and has 3 recommendations: Colonoscopy should be performed after an initial episode of complicated left-sided colonic diverticulitis if no recent colonoscopy has been performed (conditional recommendation; low-certainty evidence). Mesalamine does not prevent recurrent diverticulitis and, therefore, is not &#8230; <a title=\"American College of Physicians Issues Guideline on Colonoscopy and Interventions to Prevent Recurrence After Acute Left-sided Diverticulitis\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/en\/ec-news\/american-college-of-physicians-issues-guideline-on-colonoscopy-and-interventions-to-prevent-recurrence-after-acute-left-sided-diverticulitis\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about American College of Physicians Issues Guideline on Colonoscopy and Interventions to Prevent Recurrence After Acute Left-sided Diverticulitis\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","categories":[1768,1769],"tags":[3158,1822,3159],"class_list":["post-11624","ec-news","type-ec-news","status-publish","hentry","category-asge-journal-scan","category-asge-kolon","tag-american-college-of-physicians","tag-colonoscopy-2","tag-mesalamine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ec-news\/11624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ec-news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ec-news"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}