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

Abstract 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

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:51

Enthalten in:

Internal Medicine Journal - 51(2021), 3, Seite 424-427

Beteiligte Personen:

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

BKL:

44.61

Anmerkungen:

© 2021 Royal Australasian College of Physicians

Umfang:

4

doi:

10.1111/imj.15231

funding:

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

WLY007463413