Altered bowel habit and rectal bleeding in pregnancy : the importance of recognising undiagnosed inflammatory bowel disease

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Worsening of disease activity during pregnancy in patients with known inflammatory bowel disease, especially ulcerative colitis (UC), is well recognised, but the diagnosis of new-onset or previously undiagnosed UC in pregnancy has been inadequately studied to date. Recognition of gastrointestinal symptoms in pregnancy as potentially indicating UC is of paramount importance, as this allows appropriate investigation and instigation of therapies to optimise maternal and foetal outcomes. Here, we report three cases of women with gastrointestinal symptoms in pregnancy with disparate outcomes.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:51

Enthalten in:

Internal medicine journal - 51(2021), 3 vom: 05. März, Seite 424-427

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Singh, Gurpreet [VerfasserIn]
Prentice, Ralley [VerfasserIn]
Langsford, David [VerfasserIn]
Christensen, Britt [VerfasserIn]
Garg, Mayur [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Altered bowel habit
Gastroenterology
Inflammatory bowel disease
Journal Article
Pregnancy
Rectal bleeding
Ulcerative colitis

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 31.05.2021

Date Revised 31.05.2021

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/imj.15231

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM322954282