The Prognosis of Ulcerative Colitis with Onset in Childhood

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Article1 October 1962The Prognosis of Ulcerative Colitis with Onset in ChildhoodII. The Steroid EraBURTON I. KORELITZ, M.D., DONALD GRIBETZ, M.D.BURTON I. KORELITZ, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, DONALD GRIBETZ, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-57-4-592 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIt has been determined in a preceding long-term study of the pre-steroid era that the prognosis of ulcerative colitis with onset in childhood is poor (1). If we utilize this "natural history" of the disease for comparison, the influence of steroids on ulcerative colitis in this age group may now be evaluated. Perplexing problems, such as the adequacy of prolonged medical control of the disease with steroids and the influence of these agents on complications, definitive surgery, and mortality, may be answered in part. The important question of early versus late surgical intervention, with the employment of steroids as a...References1. KORELITZGRIBETZDANZIGER BIDI: The prognosis of ulcerative colitis with onset in childhood. 1. The pre-steroid era. Ann. Intern. Med. 57: 582, 1962. LinkGoogle Scholar2. LYONSBARONOFSKY ASID: The surgical treatment of ulcerative colitis in the pubertal years. Surg. Clin. N. Amer. 40: 999, 1960. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. BLODGETTBURGINIEZZONIGRIBETZTALBOT FMLDDNB: Effects of prolonged cortisone therapy on the statural growth, skeletal maturation and metabolic status of children. New Engl. J. Med. 254: 636, 1956. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New York, New YorkFrom the Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, and the Department of Pediatrics, The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, New York.Requests for reprints should be addressed to B. I. Korelitz, M.D., 45 East 85th Street, New York 28, New York. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited ByThe Changing Prognosis of Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn Disease by DecadesSystematic review with meta-analysis: the declining risk of colorectal cancer in ulcerative colitisFive years of the pediatric kock pouchInflammatory bowel disease in children and adolescentsDie chronisch entzündlichen DarmkrankheitenContinent ileostomy in the pediatric patientSteroids, hypertension, and fluid retention in the genesis of postoperative seizures with inflammatory bowel disease in childhoodRecurrent Regional Ileitis after Ileostomy and Colectomy for Granulomatous ColitisULCERATIVE COLITIS IN CHILDREN: Current Views and TherapiesThe surgical treatment of ulcerative colitis in childhood — a study of 38 casesJuvenile Ulcerative ColitisPediatric GastroenterologyUlcerative Colitis in Children: Problems in ManagementColitis ulcerosaChronic ulcerative colitis of childhoodTreatment of Ulcerative ColitisThe Influence of Corticotrophin and Adrenal Steroids on the Course of Ulcerative Colitis: A Comparison with the Presteroid EraManagement of ulcerative colitis in children 1 October 1962Volume 57, Issue 4Page: 592-597KeywordsAge groupsColitisHormonal therapyHospital medicineMortalityNatural history of diseasePediatricsSteroidsSurgeryUlcerative colitis Issue Published: 1 October 1962 PDF DownloadLoading ...