Early endoscopic, laboratory and clinical predictors of poor disease course in paediatric ulcerative colitis

Conclusions Completeness of the early response appears more important than baseline UC severity for predicting outcome in children, and supports using PUCAI<10 as a feasible treatment goal. Our data suggest that treatment escalation should be considered with a PUCAI value of ≥10 at 3 months.

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Source: Gut - March 6, 2015 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Schechter, A., Griffiths, C., Gana, J. C., Shaoul, R., Shamir, R., Shteyer, E., Bdolah-Abram, T., Ledder, O., Turner, D. Tags: Ulcerative colitis Inflammatory bowel disease Source Type: research