Tursi et al reported the Combined Overview on Diverticular Assessment (CODA) to aid in the evaluation of a patient with colonic diverticulitis. The authors are from multiple institutions participating in the DICA International Group.
Patient selection: colonic diverticulitis
Parameters:
(1) DICA class (Diverticular Inflammation and Complication Assessment)
(2) abdominal pain score, from 0 to 10
(3) patient age in years
Parameter
Finding
Points
DICA class
DICA 1
7
DICA 2
14
DICA 3
21
abdominal pain
patient age
< 65 years
0
>= 65 years
-4
total score =
= SUM(points for all of the parameters)
Interpretation:
• minimum score: 3
• maximum score: 31
Score
Designation
3-Year Risk Diverticulitis
3 to 9
CODA A
<= 4%
10 to 16
CODA B
4 to 10%
>= 17
CODA C
> 10%
Performance
• The c-statistic after adjustment for optimism is 0.76.
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