background: the amount of literature concerning the implication of the red cell distribution width (rdw) in the assessment of ulcerative colitis (uc) activity is rather limited. the aim of this study is to investigate the potential role of rdw in the evaluation of uc disease activity. materials and methods: a total of 96 patients with uc and 51 age and sex-matched healthy volunteers were includ...

Received: January 18, 2011/Accepted: February 5, 2011 Correspondence to: Kenji Hibi Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital, 1-30 Fujigaoka, Aobaku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 227-8501, Japan Abstract In Crohn’s disease (CD), active terminal ileitis may expand to the diverticulum but usually does not impact on clinical decision-making. We detail an original surgic...

conclusions our results showed that vitamin d deficiency is more common in patients with ulcerative colitis. laboratory findings confirmed the rise of esr and crp. results our sample comprised of 32 patients with active and 32 patients with silent ulcerative colitis, and 32 age- and sex-matched healthy controls. the frequency of vitamin d deficiency was significantly higher in patients with act...

Abstract Background Bowel urgency is a common and disruptive symptom of ulcerative colitis (UC), distinct from stool frequency (SF) rectal bleeding (RB).1 Information limited on the relationships between bowel clinically meaningful improvement (CMI), remission, SF remission or RB in Patient Global Rating Severity Change (PGRS/PGRC) scores patients with moderately-to-severely active UC. We estim...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS The NMVH of the intestine is a rare lesion, typical located in the small bowel. After the first 2 cases, reported in 1982, other 12 cases have been described, ten localized in the jejunual or ileal tract, only 1 in the cecum. SUBJECTS AND METHODS A case of NMVH of the duodenum, simulating a Crohns disease, is described. The lesion extended about 12 cm. and it caused intest...

Abstract Background The recently developed TIGER endoscopy score was established to reliably describe disease severity as it can be utilized for both Ulcerative Colitis (UC) and Crohn’s (CD) patients.1 aim of this study assess the score’s ability predict outcomes regarding complications such surgeries, hospitalizations, drug or disease-related side effects in a sample UC CD patients. Methods A ...

background and purpose: surveillance is a system of continuing health checks, is considered as a critical part of public health practice for planning and implantation of effective prevention and control interventions for communicable diseases in the region. the aim of this study was to determine the effects of an active method of data collection on the improvement of these diseases surveillance...