The initial management of left lower quadrant peritonitis

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum
S D Wexner, T Dailey

Abstract

The majority of patients admitted to the hospital with left lower quadrant peritonitis and suspected acute diverticulitis are treated empirically without colon radiography either for the duration of their hospital course, or until such time as it is deemed safe to perform a barium enema to confirm this diagnosis. Unlike barium, a water-soluble contrast agent such as Gastrografin can be used safely and accurately immediately on hospitalization. Early establishment of an accurate diagnosis can help eliminate complications, morbidity, mortality, and lengthy hospitalizations. Seventy-one patients admitted with left lower quadrant peritonitis, temperatures above 99.5 degrees F, and leukocytosis were evaluated. Treatment either was based on a diagnosis established by results of a barium enema or water-soluble contrast enema, or was empiric in nature. The early use of a water-soluble contrast enema in the elucidation of the cause of left lower quadrant peritonitis proved to be the most accurate and also the most cost-effective means of diagnosis.

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