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ArticleClinical and translational gastroenterology2025

Relationship of Intestinal Ultrasound With Clinical, Biochemical, and Endoscopic Disease Severity in Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis: A Blinded, Prospective Study.

Phillip Gu, David Ziring, Puja V Khanna, Waseem Ahmed, Eric Vasiliauskas, Andres Yarur, Stephan Targan, Dermot P B McGovern, Shervin Rabizadeh, Phillip Fleshner and 2 more

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Phillip GuF. Widjaja Inflammatory Bowel Disease Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA .ORCID 0000-0003-4819-8979
David Ziring
Puja V Khanna
Waseem Ahmed
Eric Vasiliauskas
Andres Yarur
Stephan Targan
Dermot P B McGovern
Shervin Rabizadeh
Phillip Fleshner
Maria T Abreu
Gil Y Melmed

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Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
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Abstract

introductionThe utility of intestinal ultrasound (IUS) for acute severe ulcerative colitis (ASUC) is understudied. We correlated IUS to clinical, biochemical, and endoscopic disease severity in ASUC.

methodsIn a blinded, prospective study of 20 ASUC subjects, we analyzed standard IUS parameters (bowel wall thickening, vascular flow, wall stratification) and UC IUS indices (International Bowel Ultrasound Segmental Activity Score (IBUS-SAS), Milan-UC, UC-IUS) alongside modified Mayo symptoms scores, C-reactive protein (CRP), albumin, and UC Endoscopic Index of Severity (UCEIS). Spearman correlations were performed (rs). Area under the curve (AUC) determined utility of IUS for detecting severe endoscopic disease.

resultsAll IUS indices correlated with stool frequency (rs: 0.45-0.58, P < 0.001), CRP (rs: 0.56-0.59, P < 0.02), and UCEIS (rs: 0.54-0.69, P < 0.03). IBUS-SAS (AUC 0.91) and Milan-UC (AUC 0.93) outperformed IUS-UC (AUC 0.82) for detecting UCEIS ≥5. Loss of bowel wall stratification correlated strongest with CRP (rs: 0.8, P = 3.61e -8 ) and UCEIS (rs: 0.50, P = 0.047). DISCUSSION: IUS offers an accurate and noninvasive method to evaluate ASUC severity and treatment response.

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Colitis, UlcerativeColonAcute DiseaseAdultBiomarkersColonoscopyC-Reactive ProteinFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedProspective StudiesSeverity of Illness IndexUltrasonographyYoung AdultBiomarkersC-Reactive Proteinbiomarkerinflammatory bowel diseaseintestinal ultrasoundulcerative colitis

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