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Acid base balance was studied in 58 patients with active idiopathic proctocolitis; the condition of 10 of them was complicated by toxic megacolon. Arterial blood pH increased progressively with increased severity of the colitis and as the lesions became more widespread. Statistically significant
OBJECTIVE
Increased fecal calprotectin is a sensitive marker of various types of intestinal inflammation. We investigated correlations between high fecal calprotectin concentration and serum inflammatory markers in children with different intestinal diseases with diarrhea with/without blood and/or
In ulcerative colitis, total colectomy with ileo-rectal anastomosis is commonly performed in Europe. Whether this procedure induces a protein caloric malnutrition and/or a radical modification of diet is not known. Twenty-one patients with ileo-rectal anastomosis and 21 normal subjects who were
BACKGROUND
The prognosis of patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) has previously been described with regard to mortality, cancer occurrence, and need for colectomy on the basis of an annual follow-up of a regional cohort of UC patients in Copenhagen County diagnosed in 1962-87. The objective of this
We have conducted an open pilot trial to assess the therapeutic effect of the lipoxygenase inhibitor, benoxaprofen, in 10 patients with active ulcerative proctocolitis. After 18 days treatment with benoxaprofen (600 mg daily) there was no significant change in bowel habit, rectal bleeding,
We estimated the extent of the inflammatory mucosal lesion by colonoscopy and biopsy in 60 patients with their first attack of ulcerative colitis. Proctitis was found in 12, proctosigmoiditis in 19, left-sided colitis in 10, and extensive colitis in 19. Fourteen clinical variables and laboratory