#IUS gold: ileal #Crohns pt well on IFX. Flu sx for 2/7 (-covid) & CRP 270. Improved for day then diarrhoea and abdominal pain. POC IUS by expert @RoseVau76322963 found NEW severe sigmoid dx with bwt 9mm, hyperaemia and fat hypertrophy. Now to flex sig and stool mcs to get dx!

bit.ly/3wJlcl1 Sonographic healing is important, we found it was associated with reduced risk of medication escalation, corticosteroid use, hospitalisation and surgery in people with Crohn’s disease in clinical remission. Britt Christensen, MBBS MPH PhD Aysha Al-Ani

How quickly can a transmural response be seen in #UC? The answer is 48h! We present in #JCC #intestinalultrasound very early response in 🏥 severe UC. academic.oup.com/ecco-jcc/advan… #JohanIlvemark Trine Boysen InternationalBowelUS

Introduction to advanced therapies in IBD My talk to the surgeons @ACPGBI today EICC 🧵 covering: • therapeutic targets • treatment strategies • therapeutic ceiling • early effective therapies in Crohn's • the pros and cons of anti-TNF • new small molecules for UC

Finally, the #Stardust #intestinalultrasound substudy is online. "IUS response and transmural remission rates progressively increased through week 48 with ustekinumab therapy, most pronounced in the colon and biologic-naïve patients": cghjournal.org/article/S1542-… InternationalBowelUS