TY - JOUR T1 - Management of acute severe ulcerative colitis (NICE CG 166) JF - Clinical Medicine JO - Clin Med SP - 473 LP - 476 DO - 10.7861/clinmedicine.15-5-473 VL - 15 IS - 5 AU - Lucia Macken AU - Paul A Blaker Y1 - 2015/10/05 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/15/5/473.abstract N2 - Ulcerative colitis (UC) presents as an acute severe flare in 10–15% of new cases and it occurs in 15% of patients with established disease. Acute severe UC can lead to significant morbidity and mortality in predominantly younger patients without other comorbidities. Inpatient hospital admission and a multidisciplinary approach are vital in appropriate and timely management. Important but simple aspects in the initial work-up and treatment of such patients are frequently overlooked during the acute medical take. An overview of the general and more specialist management of this important presentation are discussed herein. ER -