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Which endoscopic scoring system for ulcerative colitis uses a three-point scale mainly based on mucosal bleeding?
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Baron Score
What is the CDEIS and what does it target in Crohn’s disease?
Crohn’s Disease Endoscopic Index of Severity; it targets detailed assessment using multiple variables.
What are the key attributes assessed by the Ulcerative Colitis Endoscopic Index of Severity (UCEIS)?
Bleeding and mucosal appearance
What is required for a detailed and effective endoscopic report in IBD?
Description of disease distribution, activity, margins, and identification of complications.
What does a Mayo Endoscopic Score of 0 or 1 indicate?
Healing in ulcerative colitis
Which scoring system for Crohn’s disease uses four variables and is considered easier to apply?
Simplified Endoscopic Score for Crohn’s Disease (SES-CD)
What is one important complication that endoscopic reports in IBD should identify?
Strictures and neoplasia
What does the Rutgeerts Score evaluate?
Postoperative recurrence in Crohn's disease
How is remission defined in the Simplified Endoscopic Score for Crohn’s Disease (SES-CD)?
An SES-CD score of less than 3
Explain the Lewis Score in the context of capsule endoscopy for IBD.
It's a scoring system that divides the bowel into three parts and uses complex arithmetic to evaluate disease.
What is the purpose of the STRIDE (Selecting Therapeutic Targets in IBD) initiative?
To set management and follow-up goals for IBD by defining short, intermediate, and long-term targets.
Describe the historical significance of True Love and Witts’ contribution to endoscopic scoring in the 1950s.
They introduced a simple scoring system for colitis.
What is the gold standard for the diagnosis and assessment of mucosal disease activity in IBD?
Endoscopy
Which scoring system introduced in 1987 is widely used to assess the severity of ulcerative colitis?
Mayo Endoscopic Scoring Index
When was the Ulcerative Colitis Endoscopic Index of Severity (UCEIS) introduced?
2012
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