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Mistakes in acute severe ulcerative colitis and how to avoid them

David Laharie

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This article addresses common management mistakes in acute severe ulcerative colitis (ASUC), a life-threatening condition that affects approximately one-quarter of UC patients during their lifetime and carries a 1% mortality rate in Western countries.

ASUC should be promptly identified using the modified Truelove and Witts criteria recommended by international guidelines, with rapid admission to a digestive unit.
More than 25% of ASUC episodes represent the initial presentation of ulcerative colitis.
The article discusses frequent and relevant mistakes in ASUC management and strategies to avoid them, based on available evidence and expert opinion where evidence is lacking.
Clinicians managing patients with inflammatory bowel disease, particularly those encountering acute severe presentations, would benefit from this guidance.

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Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a lifelong inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) of unknown origin characterized by alternating flare and remission periods. An acute severe episode, so-called acute severe UC (ASUC), may happen in approximately one-quarter of patients during their life.1 Notably, more than 25% of ASUC episodes correspond to the index presentation of the disease. Patients with ASUC should be promptly identified by the modified Truelove and Witts criteria recommended by the most recent international guidelines and admitted rapidly to a digestive unit. Indeed, ASUC is a life-threatening condition still leading to a 1% death rate in Western countries. In the current article, we will discuss the most frequent and/or relevant mistakes in managing patients admitted for an ASUC episode and how to avoid them. The manuscript is based on the available evidence and expert opinion when evidence is lacking.

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IBD

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David Laharie. Mistakes in acute severe ulcerative colitis and how to avoid them. UEG Education 2023; 23: 19-21.

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2023

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