Marcus Karl-Keinz Auth, Su K Bunn, Aimee Leanne Protheroe, Linda Jane Williams, John M Fell, Rafeeq Muhammed, Nicholas Michael Croft, R Mark Beattie, Anne Willmott, Christine Spray, Babu Vadamalayan, Astor Rodrigues, John Puntis, Anna Jane Pigott, David C Wilson, Sally Mitton, Mark Furman, Charlie Charlton, Sonny K F Chong, Richard K Russell
Background: Pediatric ulcerative colitis (UC) presents at an earlier age and increasing prevalence. Our aim was to examine morbidity, steroid sparing strategies, and surgical outcome in children with active UC. Methods: A national prospective audit was conducted for the inpatient period of all children with UC for medical or surgical treatment in the United Kingdom (UK) over 1 year. Thirty-two participating centers recruited 224 children in 298 admissions, comparisons over 6 years were made with previous audits...
April 13, 2018: Inflammatory Bowel Diseases