Guidelines for the Management of Crohn's Disease / 대한소화기학회지
The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology
;
: 141-179, 2012.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-28739
ABSTRACT
Crohn's disease (CD) is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) with uncertain etiopathogenesis. CD can involve any site of gastrointestinal tract from the mouth to anus and is associated with serious complications such as bowel strictures, perforations, and fistula formation. The incidence and prevalence rates of CD in Korea are still lower than those of Western countries, but have been rapidly increasing during the past decades. Although there are no definitive curative modalities for CD, various medical and surgical therapies are currently applied for diverse clinical situations of CD. However, a lot of decisions on the management of CD are made depending on the personal experiences and personal dicision of physicians. To suggest preferable approaches to diverse problems of CD and to minimize the variations according to physicians, guidelines for the management of CD are needed. Therefore, IBD Study Group of the Korean Association for the Study of the Intestinal Diseases has set out to develop the guidelines for the management of CD in Korea. These guidelines were developed using the adaptation methods and encompass the treatment of inflammatory disease, stricturing disease, and penetrating disease. The guidelines also cover the indication of surgery, prevention of recurrence after surgery, and CD in pregnancy and lactation. These are the first Korean guidelines for the management of CD and the update with further scientific data and evidences is needed.
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Index:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Recurrence
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Sulfasalazine
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Severity of Illness Index
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Prednisolone
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Crohn Disease
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Methotrexate
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Risk Factors
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Databases, Factual
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Mesalamine
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Budesonide
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Practice guideline
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
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Pregnancy
Language:
Korean
Journal:
The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology
Year:
2012
Type:
Article
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