Title: 21 NATURAL HISTORY OF COLECTOMY AMONG HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS WITH ULCERATIVE COLITIS IN THE CONTEMPORARY ERA OF BIOLOGICS
Abstract: Despite reducing mortality, the use of intravenous (IV) corticosteroids has not significantly reduced inpatient colectomy rates among hospitalized patients with ulcerative colitis (UC). Whether the occurrence of colectomy, estimated at 20-30% in this population in the prebiologic era, remains elevated is unknown.
Publication Year: 2020
Publication Date: 2020-01-23
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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