Relationship of Intestinal Ultrasound with Clinical, Biochemical, And Endoscopic Disease Severity in Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis: A Blinded, Prospective Study.
Phillip Gu, David Ziring, Puja V Khanna, Waseem Ahmed, Eric Vasiliauskas, Andres Yarur, Stephan Targan, Dermot Pb McGovern, Shervin Rabizadeh, Phillip Fleshner, Maria T Abreu, Gil Y Melmed
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Abstract
Background: The utility of intestinal ultrasound (IUS) for ASUC is understudied. We correlated IUS to clinical, biochemical, and endoscopic disease severity in ASUC.
Method: In a blinded, prospective study of 20 ASUC subjects, we analyzed standard IUS parameters (bowel wall thickening, vascular flow, wall stratification) and UC IUS indices (IBUS-SAS, Milan-UC, UC-IUS) alongside modified Mayo symptoms scores, C-reactive protein (CRP), albumin, and UC endoscopic index of severity (UCEIS). Spearman correlations were performed (rs). Areas under the curve (AUC) determined utility of IUS for detecting severe endoscopic disease.
Results: All IUS indices correlated with stool frequency (rs:0.45-0.58, p<0.001), CRP (rs:0.56-0.59, p<0.02), and UCEIS (rs:0.54-0.69, p<0.03). IBUS-SAS (AUC 0.91) and Milan-UC (AUC 0.93) outperformed IUS-UC (AUC 0.82) for detecting UCEIS>5. Loss of bowel wall stratification correlated strongest with CRP (rs: 0.8, p=3.61e-8) and UCEIS (rs: 0.50, p=0.047).
Conclusion: IUS offers an accurate and non-invasive method to evaluate ASUC severity and treatment response.
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Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology (CTG), published on behalf of the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG), is a peer-reviewed open access online journal dedicated to innovative clinical work in the field of gastroenterology and hepatology. CTG hopes to fulfill an unmet need for clinicians and scientists by welcoming novel cohort studies, early-phase clinical trials, qualitative and quantitative epidemiologic research, hypothesis-generating research, studies of novel mechanisms and methodologies including public health interventions, and integration of approaches across organs and disciplines. CTG also welcomes hypothesis-generating small studies, methods papers, and translational research with clear applications to human physiology or disease.
Colon and small bowel
Endoscopy and novel diagnostics
Esophagus
Functional GI disorders
Immunology of the GI tract
Microbiology of the GI tract
Inflammatory bowel disease
Pancreas and biliary tract
Liver
Pathology
Pediatrics
Preventative medicine
Nutrition/obesity
Stomach.