Effectiveness and Safety of Outpatient Treatment of Uncomplicated Acute Diverticulitis Without Antibiotics

Exclusion Criteria

• •Age \>80 years.
• •Patients eligible for hospital admission and/or intravenous antibiotic therapy (at the time of diagnosis).
• •* Repeated vomiting or oral intolerance.
• •* Need for intravenous fluid therapy and/or close monitoring.
• •* Peripheral body temperature \>38ºC.
• •* Deterioration of general condition and/or clinical suspicion of sepsis.
• •Significant or decompensated comorbidity: ASA IV Classification (anesthetic risk of American Society of Anesthesiologists).
• •Immunocompromised patients: Hematological cause, HIV with low CD4+ levels, immunosuppressive treatment, prolonged corticosteroid therapy, chemotherapy, transplanted or splenectomized patients, predisposing genetic alterations (severe combined immunodeficiency, etc.).
• •Oral or intravenous antibiotic therapy 2 weeks before the onset of symptoms for another cause.
• •Pregnancy.
• •Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis).
• •Lack of social and home support making outpatient treatment and follow-up impossible.