Predictors of long-term outcomes in patients with acute severe colitis: A northern Indian cohort study.

Saransh JainSaurabh KediaTavpritesh SethiSawan BopannaDawesh Prakash YadavSandeep GoyalRajesh PadhanPratap Mouli VenigallaPeush SahniNihar Ranjan DashSujoy PalGovind MakhariaSimon P L TravisVineet Ahuja

Published in: Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology (2018)

Disease behavior of ASC in India is similar to the West, with a third undergoing colectomy at 10 years. Clinical features, especially response at day 7 hospitalization for index ASC, can predict both colectomy and steroid dependence with reasonable accuracy.

Keyphrases

nlrp inflammasome
early onset
ulcerative colitis