Ulceratice Colitis

Results of the retrospective, population-based study, 2000-2010, on inflammatory bowel disease, ulceratice colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD), from Zadar County, have been presented and compared with world experience and comparative data from Primorsko-Goranska and Vukovarsko-Srijemska Counties. The average incidence rates (per 100 000) were 8.2 and 8.4, for UC and CD, respectively. Prevalence rates, at the end of the follow up, were 133.9 for UC and 111 for CD. Constant increase in the incidence rates for both, UC and CD, have been recorded, for CD more prominently in the second part of the follow up, 2006-2010...

SESSION TYPE: Critical Care Student/Resident Case Report Posters IPRESENTED ON: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 at 01:30 PM - 02:30 PMINTRODUCTION: Systemic air embolism is a rare complication of endoscopy and balloon dilatation, though ERCP related air embolism has been seen.HPVG has been seen with Ulceratice colitis, diverticulitis, suppurative cholangitis and ERCP. Arterial cerebral air embolism requires an intracardiac shunt though arterio-venous fistulas in the lung and thebesian vein transgression is possible...

Proctosigmoiditis, or distal colon ulcerative colitis, has been recognized as a clinical entity for over 50 years and considerable information has emerged from the study of the clinical course of patients with distal colon ulcerative colitis who are followed for a period of years. For most patients the condition is benign, although periods of exacerbation can occur between remissions, characterized by rectal bleeding. However, extension of the disease, development of cancer, and the requirement of surgery are all relatively unusual...