This talk was presented at the 2018 SAGES Meeting/16th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery by David J Berler & Valerie Schuermans during the Diverticulitis Consensus Conference on April 12 2018
Keyword(s): acute left sided diverticulitis, admission rates, bacterial colonization, Bifidobacteria, bloodflow, BMI, body mass index, calcium channel blockers, Canada, chemotherapy, cohort studies, collagen, colonic contraction, complications, corticosteroids, dehydration, diet, dietary, diverticulosis, Ehler-Danlos syndrome, emergency surgery, environmental, epidemiologic, epidemiology, fecal bacteria, fecal stasis, females, H. pylori, HIV, human immunodeficiency virus, immune response, immunosuppression, incidence, infection, inflammatory effect, male, Marfans syndrome, medications, microbiome, natural history, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, NSAID, opiate use, perforation, phylum proteobacteria, physical activity, prevalence, proinflammatory mediators, prospective studies, prospective study, publications, relative risk, retrospective studies, risk, risk factors, seasonal, smoking, SQ fat, statin therapy, stool samples, underweight, United States, urea breath test, visceral-to-subcutaneous fat ratio, Vitamin D, western lifestyle, Williams-Beuren syndrome, worldwide
Question 1.1: What is the incidence & prevalence of left-sided acute diverticulitis?–52 sec
Question 1.2: What factors are associated with an increased risk of developing acute diverticulitis?–2:55
Question 1.3: Are there any other risk factors in specific patient groups?–5:55
Question 1.4: What is the microbiome profile in acute diverticulitis–7:11