Patients presenting with severe symptoms of ulcerative colitis (UC) require hospital admission for urgent assessment and therapy. Endoscopic examination of the rectum and/or distal colon is often performed to assess severity and obtain tissue for histopathologic evaluation, but this is often extended to full colonoscopy to assess the extent of bowel involvement. Full colonoscopy is hazardous in this setting
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Accuracy (%) of serum lactate in prediction the acute flare of ulcerative colitis
Timeframe: one year