title: Diagnosis and treatment of inflammatory bowel disease: First Latin American Consensus of the Pan American Crohn's and Colitis Organisation.
abstract: The incidence and prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has increased in recent years in several Latin American countries. There is a need to raise awareness in gastroenterologists and the population in general, so that early diagnosis and treatment of ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's Disease (CD) can be carried out. It is important for all physicians to have homogeneous criteria regarding the diagnosis and treatment of IBD in Latin America. The Pan American Crohn's and Colitis Organisation (PANCCO) is an organization that aims to include all the countries of the Americas, but it specifically concentrates on Latin America. The present Consensus was divided into two parts for publication: 1) Diagnosis and treatment and 2) Special situations. This is the first Latin American Consensus whose purpose is to promote a perspective adapted to our Latin American countries for the diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring of patients with UC and CD.
authors.affiliation: Clínica de Enfermedad Inflamatoria Intestinal, Departamento de Gastroenterología, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Ciudad de México, México. Electronic address: kazuofurusho@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Yamamoto-Furusho
authors.affiliation: Gastroenterology Division, Hospital Universitario "Dr. José Eleuterio González", Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Nuevo León, México; Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey, México.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bosques-Padilla
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Gastroenterología, Hospital Italiano, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: de-Paula
authors.affiliation: Clínica de Enfermedad Inflamatoria Intestinal, Clínica Marly, Bogotá, Colombia.
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Galiano
authors.affiliation: Programa de Enfermedad Inflamatoria Intestinal, Departamento de Gastroenterología, Clínica Las Condes, Santiago, Chile.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ibañez
authors.affiliation: Clínica de Enfermedad Inflamatoria Intestinal, Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe, Medellín, Colombia.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Juliao
authors.affiliation: Hospital Universitario Cajuru, Universidad Católica del Paraná (PUCPR), Curitiba, Brasil.
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Kotze
authors.affiliation: Grupo Académico y de Investigación sobre Enfermedad de Crohn y Colitis Ulcerosa Crónica Idiopática de México, Ciudad de México, México.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Rocha
authors.affiliation: Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brasil.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Steinwurz
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Gastroenterología, Hospital Vargas, Caracas, Venezuela.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Veitia
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Gastroenterología, Hospital Clementino Fraga Filho, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Río de Janeiro, Brasil.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zaltman
mesh_terms: D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007843:Latin America
keywords: Colitis ulcerosa; Crohn's disease; Diagnosis; Diagnóstico; Enfermedad de Crohn; Enfermedad inflamatoria intestinal; Inflammatory bowel disease; Tratamiento; Treatment; Ulcerative colitis