Simple clinical colitis activity index
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The Simple Clinical Colitis Activity Index is a diagnostic tool and questionaire used to assess the severity of symptoms in people who suffer from Ulcerative colitis. The clinical colitis activity index was created in 1998 and is still used to assess the severity of symptoms.[1][2]
The score is determined by asking the person with colitis questions regarding:
- Bowel frequency
- Stool consistency
- Abdominal pain
- Anorexia
- Nausea/vomiting
- General health
- Extracolonic manifestations
- Abdominal tenderness
- Body temperature
- Blood in stool
- Sigmoidoscopy (Non-haemorrhagic, friable, or spontaneous bleeding)
References
- ^ Walmsley, R S; Ayres, R C S; Pounder, R E; Allan, R N (1998). "A simple clinical colitis activity index". Gut. 43 (1): 29–32. doi:10.1136/gut.43.1.29. ISSN 0017-5749.
- ^ Mardini, Houssam E.; Grigorian, Alla Y. (2014). "Probiotic Mix VSL#3 Is Effective Adjunctive Therapy for Mild to Moderately Active Ulcerative Colitis". Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. 20 (9): 1562–1567. doi:10.1097/MIB.0000000000000084. ISSN 1078-0998; Access provided by the University of Pittsburgh
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