Acute colitis in a district general hospital

A review of all patients who had been admitted to hospital with acute ulcerative colitis in one health district between 1975 and 1984 showed that 96 had required 114 admissions with acute colitis: 42% (40) were admitted during their first attack, and 20% (19) required urgent surgery. A further nine...

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Published in:BMJ 1987-03, Vol.294 (6573), p.683-684
Main Authors: Jones, H W, Grogono, J, Hoare, A M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Colitis
Colitis - diagnosis
Colitis - mortality
Colitis - surgery
Death
Emergencies
Hospital admissions
Hospital Topics
Hospital units
Hospitals, District - standards
Hospitals, Public - standards
Humans
Mortality
Physicians
Prognosis
Retrospective Studies
Surgical specialties
Teaching hospitals
Ulcerative colitis
United Kingdom
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Summary:A review of all patients who had been admitted to hospital with acute ulcerative colitis in one health district between 1975 and 1984 showed that 96 had required 114 admissions with acute colitis: 42% (40) were admitted during their first attack, and 20% (19) required urgent surgery. A further nine patients underwent surgery after responding initially to intensive medical treatment that did not check the attack. There were no deaths from acute colitis. Thirteen patients underwent elective surgery for ulcerative colitis, and there were no deaths. The prognosis for acute colitis in district general hospitals has improved.
ISSN:0267-0623
0959-8138
1468-5833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.294.6573.683