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17368227

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-3-19
pubmed:abstractText
The evaluation of patients with colitis of recent onset is a relatively common clinical challenge. The main considerations are infectious colitides, idiopathic IBD, ie, ulcerative and Crohn's colitis, and colonic ischemia. An initial risk assessment on the basis of such factors as concurrent symptoms in contacts, travel history, medications, and human immunodeficiency virus risk factors should be followed by a thorough clinical history, physical examination, stool studies, blood tests, and, in selected cases, endoscopic examination and serologic tests. Biopsies can be decisive in distinguishing among the different types of acute colitis and might help identify specific etiologies. The diagnostic yield of biopsies is maximized by appropriate sampling of the colonic mucosa and by sharing the clinical and endoscopic findings with the pathologist, eg, via a copy of the endoscopy report.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1542-7714
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
5
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
295-301
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-1-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Diagnosis of colitis: making the initial diagnosis.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Gastroenterology and the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Mount Sinai, New York, New York 10029, USA. maria.abreu@mssm.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Case Reports