Long-term outcome after admission for acute severe ulcerative colitis in Oxford: The 1992–1993 cohort
✍ Scribed by D. Bojic; Z. Radojicic; M. Nedeljkovic-Protic; M. Al-Ali; D.P. Jewell; S.P.L. Travis
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 106 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1078-0998
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✦ Synopsis
Background:
To determine the long-term outcome of patients admitted with acute severe colitis (ASC) who avoided colectomy on the index admission, a retrospective cohort study was performed.
Methods: Patients admitted for intensive treatment of ASC in 1992-1993 previously described for a predictive index of short-term outcome in severe ulcerative colitis (UC) were followed for a median 122 months (range 3-144). Complete responders (CR) to intensive therapy had Ͻ3 nonbloody stools/day on day 7 of the index admission; incomplete responders (IR) were all others who avoided colectomy on that admission. Main outcome measures were colectomy-free survival, time to colectomy, and duration of steroidfree remission.