Intestinal ultrasound preferred option to monitor ulcerative colitis course: Study
Written By : Dr. Nandita Mohan
Medically Reviewed By : Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli
Published On 2020-11-02 17:00 GMT | Update On 2020-11-03 10:03 GMT
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According to a recent find, researchers have noted that although monitoring the bowel wall thickness alone has the potential to predict the therapeutic response, intestinal ultrasound is any day preferred for evaluating the course of ulcerative colitis.
This study is published in the GUT
Intestinal ultrasound (IUS) represents a non- invasive modality to assess disease activity in inflammatory bowel disease and to guide therapy decisions. It is easy to use and offers good repeatability and accuracy and may thus be an obvious tool in the follow- up of patients are known to have ulcerative colitis (UC).
With this, Christian Maaser and associates from the Municipal Hospital of Lüneburg carried out the present study to evaluate the prospects of intestinal ultrasound (IUS) for disease monitoring of patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) in routine medical practice.
The authors conducted a prospective, observational study at 42 German inflammatory bowel disease- specialized centers representing different care levels including both outpatient and inpatient care sites. The study sample included a total of 253 patients. The criteria of evaluation were the use of transabdominal ultrasonography of the bowel in Subjects with IBD to monitor disease activity with UC. The inclusion criteria were those with a diagnosis of a proctosigmoiditis, left-sided colitis, or pancolitis currently in clinical relapse.
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