Episode 45 - Diverticulitis

FOAMcast - An Emergency Medicine Podcast - A podcast by FOAMcast

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We cover a post from Life in the Fast Lane Research and Reviews (LITFL R&R) #121  featuring a section on the new American Gastroenterology Association (AGA) guidelines on diverticulitis. The game changer?  Antibiotics aren't a requirement in select patients with uncomplicated acute diverticulitis. Then we delve into core content on diverticulosis, diverticulitis, and clostridium difficile using Rosen's Emergency Medicine (8e) and Tintinalli: A Comprehensive Review (7e). Show notes at FOAMcast.org Thanks for listening! Jeremy Faust and Lauren Westafer