title: Clinical evaluation and management of acute severe colitis.
abstract: This review concentrates on the clinical evaluation, imaging, therapy, and prognostic factors in acute severe colitis of idiopathic as well as infectious origin. Older concepts as well as more recent are critically scrutinized.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Orebro Medical Centre Hospital, Sweden.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Blomberg
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Järnerot
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D016572:Cyclosporine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007081:Ileostomy; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008019:Life Style; D011379:Prognosis; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016559:Tacrolimus / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D016572:Cyclosporine; D016559:Tacrolimus