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Inflammatory bowel disease

Prevalence
Clinical features
Differential Diagnosis
Investigations
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Prevention
Prognosis
Differential diagnosis

The commonest causes of a first prolonged attack of colitis are c
  • inflammatory bowel disease
  • infectious colitis
  • non-specific colitis   

Why?

Half of patients with colitis have inflammatory bowel disease

Cause of colitis c %
(95% CI)
inflammatory bowel disease  50%
(40% to 58%)
infectious colitis  31%
(22% to 39%)
non-specific colitis  20%
(12% to 28%)

Expiry date: July 2003
Levels of Evidence used in grading these guides

Author   CM   Ball
Reviewer   L   Friedman
CAT Writers   D   Ford , CM   Ball