ECCO Guidelines on Therapeutics in Ulcerative Colitis: Medical Treatment

🤖 Plain-English Summary

Ulcerative colitis [UC] is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease [IBD] characterised by colonic inflammation extending to a variable extent from the rectum. These definitions of disease extent are recognised as somewhat arbitrary; in clinical practice, topically administered therapies are often used for UC whose extent is limited to the rectum and a portion of the sigmoid colon [proctosigmoiditis], with the term ‘distal colitis’ used to describe this disease distribution.

🔑 Key Findings

• Care of the patient with UC requires appropriate input from across the multiprofessional team.
• These guidelines summarise the recommended medical treatment for adults with UC.
• Other ECCO guidelines consider the approach to UC diagnosis and monitoring, nursing care, management of disease complications, risk of infection, and technical aspects of surgery.

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