The theme for our 4th journal club will be on the management of acute diverticulitis.

The articles to be discussed:

The DIABOLO Trial

 Van Dijk ST et al. 2018. LANDMARK DIABOLO TRIAL – Long-term Effects of omitting Antibiotics in uncomplicated Acute diverticulitis.

as well as a systematic review / meta-analysis on the TOPIC:

Sameh EH. 2018 Management of acute uncomplicated diverticulitis without antibiotics: a systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression of predictors of treatment failure.

With brief look at what the latest NICE Guidelines say specifically on the topic:

NICE Guideline on Diverticular disease: diagnosis and management. Published November 2019

(https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng147)