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ReviewBiomedicines2023

Evaluation of Disease Activity in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Diagnostic Tools in the Assessment of Histological Healing.

Alina Ecaterina Jucan, Otilia Gavrilescu, Mihaela Dranga, Iolanda Valentina Popa, Ioana-Ruxandra Mihai, Vasile-Claudiu Mihai, Gabriela Stefanescu, Vasile Liviu Drug, Cristina Cijevschi Prelipcean, Radu-Alexandru Vulpoi and 3 more

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In one paragraph

Review in Biomedicines, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.3field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Alina Ecaterina JucanDepartment of Gastroenterology, Saint Spiridon County Hospital, 700111 Iasi, Romania.ORCID 0000-0003-1694-3970
Otilia GavrilescuDepartment of Gastroenterology, Saint Spiridon County Hospital, 700111 Iasi, Romania.
Mihaela DrangaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Saint Spiridon County Hospital, 700111 Iasi, Romania.
Iolanda Valentina PopaFaculty of Medicine, "Grigore T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 700115 Iasi, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-0597-8839
Ioana-Ruxandra MihaiDepartment of Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, "Grigore T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 700115 Iasi, Romania.
Vasile-Claudiu MihaiDepartment of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, "Grigore T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 700115 Iasi, Romania.
Gabriela StefanescuDepartment of Gastroenterology, Saint Spiridon County Hospital, 700111 Iasi, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-1394-8648
Vasile Liviu DrugDepartment of Gastroenterology, Saint Spiridon County Hospital, 700111 Iasi, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-7596-2656
Cristina Cijevschi PrelipceanDepartment of Gastroenterology, Saint Spiridon County Hospital, 700111 Iasi, Romania.
Radu-Alexandru VulpoiFaculty of Medicine, "Grigore T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 700115 Iasi, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-5108-4740
Oana-Bogdana BarboiDepartment of Gastroenterology, Saint Spiridon County Hospital, 700111 Iasi, Romania.
Irina CiortescuDepartment of Gastroenterology, Saint Spiridon County Hospital, 700111 Iasi, Romania.
Catalina MihaiDepartment of Gastroenterology, Saint Spiridon County Hospital, 700111 Iasi, Romania.
Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy · ROSpitalul Clinic Judeţean de Urgenţe "Sf. Spiridon" Iaşi · RO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) comprises two types of chronic intestinal disorders: Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. In long-standing ulcerative colitis disease activity, histological persistent inflammation has been linked to an increased risk of relapse, and long-term corticosteroid use, even when endoscopic remission is reached. In Crohn's disease, the discontinuous nature of lesions and transmural inflammation have limited the standardized histological assessment. The current evidence from research proposes that besides clinical and endoscopic healing, the achievement of histological healing constitutes an endpoint to assess disease activity and remission in IBD patients concerning better long-term disease outcomes. Histological alterations may persist even in the absence of endoscopic lesions. For these reasons, new advanced techniques promise to revolutionize the field of IBD by improving the endoscopic and histologic assessment, disease characterization, and ultimately patient care, with an established role in daily practice for objective assessment of lesions. This review outlines the importance of including microscopic evaluation in IBD, highlighting the clinical benefits of a deep state of disease remission using validated diagnostic methods and scoring systems for daily clinical practice.

Indexed as

clearance diseaseCrohn’s diseaseendoscopic techniqueshistological healingsurrogate markersulcerative colitis

Identifiers

PMID38002090
PMCPMC10669373
OpenAlexW4388794698

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