Systematic Review Now Available

Management of Colonic Diverticulitis
(Systematic Review, released on October 12, 2020)

This systematic review evaluates: (1) the accuracy of CT and harms related to false positive, false negative, and incidental findings on CT imaging; (2) the effectiveness and harms of hospitalization for acute uncomplicated diverticulitis, antibiotics for acute diverticulitis, and interventional radiology for acute complicated diverticulitis; (3) the need for colonoscopy in people with a history of diverticulitis; and (4) the effectiveness and harms of pharmacologic, nonpharmacologic, and elective surgery to prevent recurrent diverticulitis.