Early Intestinal Ultrasound Predicts Intravenous Corticosteroid Response in Hospitalised Patients With Severe Ulcerative Colitis.

Johan F K F Ilvemark Rune WilkensPeter ThielsenAnders DigeTrine BoysenJørn BrynskovJacob Tveiten BjerrumJakob Benedict Seidelin

Published in: Journal of Crohn's & colitis (2022)

Changes in bowel wall thickness, after 48 ± 24 h following intravenous corticosteroid treatment in hospitalised patients with severe ulcerative colitis, identify responders with high accuracy and might be used as an early marker to guide accelerated rescue therapy.

Keyphrases

ulcerative colitis
high dose
early onset
magnetic resonance imaging
optical coherence tomography
drug induced
computed tomography
low dose
bone marrow
ultrasound guided
contrast enhanced ultrasound
mesenchymal stem cells