Colite ulcerativa
Summary
Definition
History and exam
Key diagnostic factors
- presença de fatores de risco
- sangramento retal
- diarreia
- sangue nas fezes
Other diagnostic factors
- dor abdominal
- artrite e espondilite
- desnutrição
- desconforto abdominal
- febre
- perda de peso
- constipação
- erupção cutânea
- uveíte e episclerite
- palidez
Risk factors
- história familiar de doença inflamatória intestinal
- antígeno leucocitário humano-B27
- infecção
- uso de anti-inflamatórios não esteroidais (AINEs)
- não fumante ou ex-fumante
Diagnostic tests
1st tests to order
- estudos das fezes para patógenos infecciosos
- calprotectina fecal (CF)
- Hemograma completo
- perfil metabólico completo (incluindo testes da função hepática)
- velocidade de hemossedimentação (VHS)
- proteína C-reativa
- radiografia abdominal simples
- sigmoidoscopia flexível
- colonoscopia
- biópsias
Tests to consider
- Tomografia computadorizada (TC)
- ultrassonografia intestinal
Treatment algorithm
colite ulcerativa aguda grave
doença moderada a grave
doença leve
doença em remissão
Contributors
Authors
Andrew Poullis, BSc, MBBS, MD, FRCP
Consultant Gastroenterologist
Department of Gastroenterology
St George’s Hospital
London
UK
Disclosures
AP is an author of a reference cited in this topic.
Sailish Honap,
Consultant Gastroenterologist
Department of Gastroenterology
St George’s Hospital
London
UK
Disclosures
SH has received honoraria from Pfizer (speaker, consultant, advisory board member, and received travel grants), Janssen (speaker fees, travel grants), AbbVie (speaker fees, consultant, travel grants), Takeda (speaker fees), Ferring (travel grants), Pharmacosmos (travel grants), Galapagos (travel grants).
Kamal Patel,
Disclosures
all disclosures
Aaron Bhakta, BMedSci (Hons), BMBS, MSc, MRCP
Clinical Fellow in Gastroenterology
Department of Gastroenterology
St George’s Hospital
London
UK
Disclosures
AB declares that he has no competing interests.
Acknowledgements
Dr Hesam A. Nooredinvand, and Dr Andrew Poullis would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Ben Shandro, Dr Anet Soubieres, Dr Rhys Hewett, Dr Willem J.S. de Villiers, and Dr Houssam Mardini, previous contributors to this topic.
Disclosures
BS, AS, RH, WJSD, and HM declare that they have no competing interests.
Peer reviewers
Stephen B Hanauer, MD
Professor of Medicine
Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Northwestern University
Evanston
IL
Disclosures
SW declares that he has no competing interests.
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Disclosures
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References
Key articles
World Gastroenterology Organisation. Global guidelines: inflammatory bowel disease. Aug 2015 [internet publication].Full text
Rubin DT, Ananthakrishnan AN, Siegel CA, et al. ACG clinical guideline update: ulcerative colitis in adults. Am J Gastroenterol. 2025 Jun 3;120(6):1187-224.Full text Abstract
Moran GW, Gordon M, Sinopolou V, et al. British Society of Gastroenterology guidelines on inflammatory bowel disease in adults: 2025. Gut. 2025 Jun 23;74(Suppl 2):s1-101.Full text Abstract
Singh S, Loftus EV Jr, Limketkai BN, et al. AGA living clinical practice guideline on pharmacological management of moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis. Gastroenterology. 2024 Dec;167(7):1307-43.Full text Abstract
Harbord M, Eliakim R, Bettenworth D, et al. Third European evidence-based consensus on diagnosis and management of ulcerative colitis. Part 2: current management. J Crohns Colitis. 2017 Jul 1;11(7):769-84.Full text Abstract
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (UK). Ulcerative colitis: management. May 2019 [internet publication].Full text
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Colorectal cancer prevention: colonoscopic surveillance in adults with ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease or adenomas. Sep 2022 [internet publication].Full text
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