The Role of Bowel Ultrasound in Detecting Subclinical Inflammation in Pregnant Women with Crohn's Disease.

Yvette LeungHang Hock ShimRune WilkensDivine TanyingohElnaz Ehteshami AfsharNastaran SharifiMehrnoosh PaulsKerri L NovakGilaad G KaplanRemo PanaccioneStephanie R WilsonCynthia H-T Seow

Published in: Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology (2018)

Bowel ultrasound may detect subclinical inflammation in asymptomatic pregnant women with CD and stratify CD activity in symptomatic patients. Therefore, bowel sonography should be considered as a useful adjunct for the assessment of the pregnant woman with Crohn's disease.

Keyphrases

pregnant women
oxidative stress
magnetic resonance imaging
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
patient reported outcomes
computed tomography
contrast enhanced
patient reported