The failure of gastroenterologists to apply intestinal ultrasound in inflammatory bowel disease in the Asia-Pacific: A need for action

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 446-452

  Asthana, Anil Kumar ^a,b   Friedman, Antony B ^a,b   Maconi, Giovanni ^c   Maaser, Christian ^d   Kucharzik, Torsten ^d   Watanabe, Mamoru ^e   Gibson, Peter R ^a,b  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d University Teaching Hospital Lueneburg   (Germany)

^e TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abdominal abscess; Computerized tomography; Crohn's disease; Disease assessment; Fistula; Imaging modalities; Intestinal ultrasound; Magnetic resonance imaging; Stricture; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ASIA; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ECHOGRAPHY; EUROPE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT EXAMINATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; INTESTINAL ULTRASOUND; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIANAL ABSCESS; PHLEGMON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TOXIC MEGACOLON; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GASTROENTEROLOGY; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; INTESTINE; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PROCEDURES; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

ASIA; COST OF ILLNESS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EUROPE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; INTESTINES; PACIFIC ISLANDS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84923264264     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgh.12871     Document Type: Review

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