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Gastroenterology, hepatology, and nutrition

G13 OUTCOME OF CHILDHOOD ULCERATIVE COLITIS AT 2 YEARS
L. Howarth, A. Wiskin, D. M. Griffiths, N. A. Afzal, R. M. Beattie.Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK

Introduction: Ulcerative colitis (UC) has an incidence of 1.4 per 100 000 in childhood. There is a paucity of data regarding outcome particularly with the increased use of early immunosupression. This is the information families want at diagnosis and needed by clinicians to plan management. This study looks at outcome at 2 years in a cohort with UC referred to a single centre.

Methods: Patients were recruited with a diagnosis made between 2000–03 as a consecutive cohort. All had UC according to standard clinicopathological criteria. Children with Indeterminate colitis were excluded. Follow up data were collected for two years. Assessment was by colitis symptom score, growth, and laboratory parameters. Outcome data were collected on growth, need for Azathioprine, and need for surgery. All patients were treated according to published guidelines.

Results: Thirty . . . [Full text of this article]