Ulcerative colitis

DP Jewell, LR Sutherland… - Evidence‐based …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
DP Jewell, LR Sutherland, JWD McDonald, BG Feagan
Evidence‐based Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2010Wiley Online Library
Patients with ulcerative colitis have a variety of questions for those practitioners who treat
their disease. This chapter focuses on the evidence on which decisions relating to patient
advice (prognosis for the first attack, extension of disease, risk of cancer) and treatment
options should be made. Our recommendations are based wherever possible on evidence
from published population-based studies and randomized controlled clinical trials. Where
several clinical trials have addressed the same question we have frequently used meta …
Patients with ulcerative colitis have a variety of questions for those practitioners who treat their disease. This chapter focuses on the evidence on which decisions relating to patient advice (prognosis for the first attack, extension of disease, risk of cancer) and treatment options should be made. Our recommendations are based wherever possible on evidence from published population-based studies and randomized controlled clinical trials. Where several clinical trials have addressed the same question we have frequently used meta-analyses to summarize the results.
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