Contemporary Medical Management of Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis.
Inflamm Bowel Dis
; 25(1): 56-66, 2019 01 01.
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| ID: mdl-29889235
ABSTRACT
Acute severe ulcerative colitis is a medical emergency that requires prompt recognition, evaluation, and intervention. Patients require hospital admission with laboratory, radiographic, and endoscopic evaluation with initiation of corticosteroid treatment. Despite early intervention, many patients require salvage medical therapy, with some progressing to colectomy. Here we review important concepts and recent advances in the evaluation and medical management of adult and pediatric patients with acute severe ulcerative colitis.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Índice de Gravidade de Doença
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Colite Ulcerativa
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Terapia de Salvação
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Inflamm Bowel Dis
Assunto da revista:
GASTROENTEROLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Article