Open AccessClinical evaluation and management of acute severe colitis
Author(s) -
Blomberg Björn,
Järnerot Gunnar
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
inflammatory bowel diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.932
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1536-4844
pISSN - 1078-0998
DOI - 10.1002/ibd.3780060309
Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care medicine , colitis , gastroenterology
This review concentrates on the clinical evaluation, imaging, therapy, and prognostic factors in acute severe colitis of idiopathic as well as infectious origin. Older concepts as well as more recent are critically scrutinized.