BACKGROUND: @entity4436 in admitted inpatients is well reported. This study examined @entity12127 treated in the @entity341 ( @entity341 ). METHODS: The 2010 Nationwide Emergency Department Sample was used to examine relationships among @entity1 age and inpatient admission, surgical intervention, and in-hospital mortality among @entity341 @entity1 with a primary diagnosis of @entity4436 . RESULTS: Of 310,983 @entity341 visits for primary @entity4436 , 53% resulted in hospitalization and 6% in surgical intervention. Most @entity1 65+ years old were female (69%), and most were hospitalized (63%). Seven percent of @entity341 @entity1 aged 65+ underwent surgery and .96% died in hospital. @entity1 aged less than 40  years (13% of all admissions) were mostly male (63%), 42% were hospitalized, 4% underwent surgery, and less than .01% died. Compared with @entity1 aged less than 40  years, those 65+ demonstrated greater odds of admission (odds ratio 1.53, 95% confidence interval 1.43 to 1.64) and surgical intervention (odds ratio 1.45, 95% confidence interval 1.27 to 1.65). CONCLUSIONS: Half of @entity341 @entity1 were hospitalized and 6% of @entity341 visits resulted in colectomy. Fully 13% of @entity341 @entity1 were less than 40  years old. Future studies examining outpatient services may further illuminate the epidemiology of @entity4436 .

Emergency department presentation, admission, and surgical intervention for XXXX in the United States.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients', 'patient'] @entity341 :: ('MESH:D004630', 'Disease') :: ['emergency department', 'ED'] @entity12127 :: ('MESH:D004239', 'Disease') :: ['colonic diverticulitis'] @entity4436 :: ('MESH:D004238', 'Disease') :: ['diverticulitis', 'Diverticulitis']
@entity12127 :: (MESH:D004239,Disease) :: ['colonic diverticulitis']
