IBD care in Europe: A comparative audit of the inpatient management of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis using the national UK IBD audit tool

Journal of Crohn's and Colitis

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 291-301

  Cassinotti, Andrea ^a   Keshav, Satish ^b   Ardizzone, Sandro ^a   Mortensen, Neil ^b   Sampietro, Gianluca ^a   Fociani, Paolo ^a   Duca, Piergiorgio ^a   George, Bruce ^b   Lazzaroni, Marco ^a   Manes, Gianpiero ^a   Warren, Brian ^b   Foschi, Diego ^a   Vago, Gianluca ^a   Porro, Gabriele Bianchi ^a   Travis, Simon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; IBD; Management

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; CYCLOSPORIN A; HEPARIN; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; INFLIXIMAB;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTERITIS; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

EID: 70350622065     PISSN: 18739946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crohns.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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