Ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease are the principal forms of inflammatory bowel disease.
Both represent chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract, which displays …

Objective: To ascertain any differences between care from nurse practitioners and that from
general practitioners for patients seeking “same day” consultations in primary care. Design: …

Objective Delayed second dose SARS-CoV-2 vaccination trades maximal effectiveness for
a lower level of immunity across more of the population. We investigated whether patients …

The COVID-19 pandemic is putting unprecedented pressures on healthcare systems globally.
Early insights have been made possible by rapid sharing of data from China and Italy. In …

Methods This concise guidance is extracted from Advance care planning: concise evidence
based guidelines. Details of the development process are given in the full guidelines along …

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) poses complex issues in pregnancy, but with high-quality
care excellent pregnancy outcomes are achievable. In this article, we review the current …

Background There is a paucity of evidence to support safe and effective management of
patients with acute severe ulcerative colitis during the COVID-19 pandemic. We sought to …

Background Patients with IBD are at risk of excess corticosteroids. Aims To assess steroid
excess in a large IBD cohort and test associations with quality improvement and prescribing. …

Background Pregnant women with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are at increased risk
of adverse pregnancy outcomes. Comprehensive guidelines on medical management have …

Aim Crohn's anal fistula (CAF) is a complex condition, with no agreement on which patient
characteristics should be routinely reported in studies. The aim of this study was to develop a …