Complicated small-bowel diverticulosis and the role of Acute Care for the Elderly Unit

• Tác giả chính: Khalid S. AlHarkan (Tác giả)
• Định dạng: Sách
• Được phát hành: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2024-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Những chủ đề: article
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Small-bowel diverticulosis is a rare condition that occurs in older adults. Patients are usually asymptomatic, and some will develop complications such as gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding, intestinal obstruction, diverticulitis, and perforation. This is the case of a 95-year-old male patient with a pr...