HEALTH
More Cases of Acute Diverticulitis Treated Outside Hospital
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BOSTON — Patients with acute colonic diverticulitis are more likely to be seen by primary care providers than by emergency physicians, representing a shift in the way clinicians detect and treat the condition. Acute colonic diverticulitis affects roughly 180 per 100,000 people per year in the United States…