Literature Recommendations
Guidelines:
EFSUMB guidelines:
ECCO-ESGAR guidelines:
- ECCO-ESGAR Topical Review on Optimizing Reporting for Cross-Sectional Imaging in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. J Crohns Colitis 2022. Link
- ECCO-ESGAR Guideline for Diagnostic Assessment in IBD Part 1: Initial diagnosis, monitoring of known IBD, detection of complications. J Crohns Colitis 2019. Link
- ECCO-ESGAR Guideline for Diagnostic Assessment in IBD Part 2: IBD scores and general principles and technical aspects. J Crohns Colitis 2019. Link
AGA Guidelines:
- AGA Clinical Practice Update on the Role of Intestinal Ultrasound in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Commentary. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2024. Link
Experts Consensus:
- The knowledge and skills needed to perform intestinal ultrasound for inflammatory bowel diseases-an international Delphi consensus survey. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2022. Link
- Defining Transabdominal Intestinal Ultrasound Treatment Response and Remission in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Systematic Review and Expert Consensus Statement .J Crohns Colitis 2022. Link
Review Articles:
- Magnetic Resonance Enterography and Intestinal Ultrasound for the Assessment and Monitoring of Crohn’s Disease. J Crohns Colitis. 2024. Link
- Diagnostic Accuracy of Intestinal Ultrasound in the Detection of Intra-Abdominal Complications in Crohn’s Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Crohns Colitis. 2024. Link
- Point-of-Care Testing and Home Testing: Pragmatic Considerations for Widespread Incorporation of Stool Tests, Serum Tests, and Intestinal Ultrasound. Gastroenterology 2022. Link
- ECCO-ESGAR Topical Review on Optimizing Reporting for Cross-Sectional Imaging in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. J Crohns Colitis 2022. Link
- The Impact of Intestinal Ultrasound on the Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease: From Established Facts Toward New Horizons. Front Med (Lausanne) 2022. Link
- Ultrasound elastography in inflammatory bowel diseases: a systematic review of accuracy compared to histopathological assessment. J Crohns Colitis 2022. Link
- Intestinal Ultrasound for Differentiating Fibrotic or Inflammatory Stenosis in Crohn’s Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. J Crohns Colitis 2022. Link
- Ultrasonography in inflammatory bowel disease – So far we are? United European Gastroenterol J. 2022. Link
- Relevance of monitoring transmural disease activity in patients with Crohn’s disease: current status and future perspectives. Ther Adv Gastroenterol 2021. Link
- Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. J Crohn’s Colitis 2021. Link
- Systematic Review: Clinical Utility of Gastrointestinal Ultrasound in the Diagnosis, Assessment and Management of Patients with Ulcerative Colitis. J Crohns Colitis 2020. Link
Original Articles:
- Classifying Inflammation on Intestinal Ultrasound Images and Cineloops – A Learning Curve Study. J Crohns Colitis 2024. Link
- Early intestinal ultrasound in severe ulcerative colitis identifies patients at increased risk of 1-year treatment failure and colectomy. J Crohns Colitis 2024. Link
- Early Ultrasound Response and Progressive Transmural Remission After Treatment With Ustekinumab in Crohn's Disease. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2023. Link
- Intestinal ultrasound detects an increased diameter and submucosal layer thickness in the appendix of patients with ulcerative colitis compared to healthy controls - a prospective cohort study. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2023. Link
- Relationships Between Intestinal Ultrasound Parameters and Histopathologic Findings in a Prospective Cohort of Patients With Crohn's Disease Undergoing Surgery. J Ultrasound Med 2023. Link
- Noninvasive Assessment of Postoperative Disease Recurrence in Crohn's Disease: A Multicenter, Prospective Cohort Study on Behalf of the Italian Group for Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2023. Link
- Early Intestinal Ultrasound Predicts Clinical and Endoscopic Treatment Response and Demonstrates Drug-Specific Kinetics in Moderate-to-Severe Ulcerative Colitis. Inflamm Bowel Dis 2023. Link
- Early Intestinal Ultrasound Predicts Long-Term Endoscopic Response to Biologics in Ulcerative Colitis. J Crohns Colitis 2022. Link
- Accuracy of Gastrointestinal Ultrasound and Calprotectin in the Assessment of Inflammation and its Location in Patients with an Ileoanal Pouch. J Crohns Colitis 2022. Link
- Transmural Response and Transmural Healing Defined by Intestinal Ultrasound: New Potential Therapeutic Targets? J Crohns Colitis 2022. Link
- The Use of Intestinal Ultrasound in Ulcerative Colitis—More Than a Mucosal Disease? Gastroenterology 2022. Link
- Intestinal Ultrasound Is Accurate to Determine Endoscopic Response and Remission in Patients With Moderate to Severe Ulcerative Colitis: A Longitudinal Prospective Cohort Study. Gastroenterology 2022. Link
- Ultrasonography Tight Control and Monitoring in Crohn's Disease During Different Biological Therapies: A Multicenter Study. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2022. Link
- Intestinal ultrasound early on in treatment follow-up predicts endoscopic response to anti- TNFα treatment in Crohn's Disease. J Crohns Colitis 2022. Link
- Infliximab Trough Levels Are Associated With Transmural Sonographic Healing in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Inflamm Bowel Dis 2022. Link
- Early intestinal ultrasound predicts intravenous corticosteroid response in hospitalized patients with severe ulcerative colitis. J Crohns Colitis. 2022. Link
- Early Ultrasound Response and Progressive Transmural Remission After Treatment With Ustekinumab in Crohn's Disease. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2022. Link
- Point-of-care Intestinal Ultrasound in IBD Patients: Disease Management and Diagnostic Yield in a Real-world Cohort and Proposal of a Point-of-care Algorithm. J Crohns Colitis. 2022. Link
- A reliability study-strong inter-observer agreement of an expert panel for intestinal ultrasound in ulcerative colitis. J Crohns Colitis 2021. Link
- Intestinal ultrasound for monitoring therapeutic response in patients with ulcerative colitis: results from the TRUST&UC study. Gut 2020. Link
IUS Activity Scores:
- Applicability of the International Bowel Ultrasound Segmental Activity Score (IBUS-SAS) to ulcerative colitis: a preliminary study. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2024. Link
- Correlation of ultrasound scores with endoscopic activity in Crohn's disease: a prospective exploratory study. J Crohns Colitis 2023. Link
- Intestinal Ultrasound to Assess Disease Activity in Ulcerative Colitis: Development of a novel UC-Ultrasound Index. J Crohns Colitis 2021. Link
- Milan ultrasound criteria are accurate in assessing disease activity in ulcerative colitis: external validation. United European Gastroenterol J. 2021. Link
- Systematic Review: Gastrointestinal Ultrasound Scoring Indices for Inflammatory Bowel Disease. J Crohns Colitis 2021. Link
- Standardisation of intestinal ultrasound scoring in clinical trials for luminal Crohn’s disease. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics 2021. Link
- Expert consensus on optimal acquisition and development of the International Bowel Ultrasound Segmental Activity Score (IBUS-SAS): a reliability and inter-rater variability study on intestinal ultrasonography in Crohn's Disease. J Crohns Colitis 2020. Link
- Development and Validation of a Simple Ultrasound Activity Score for Crohn’s Disease. J Crohns Colitis 2020. Link
- The Simple Pediatric Activity Ultrasound Score (SPAUSS) for the Accurate Detection of Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2019. Link
- A Simple Ultrasound Score for the Accurate Detection of Inflammatory Activity in Crohn's Disease. Inflamm Bowel Dis 2017. Link
Pediatrics:
- Ultrasound in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease-A Review of the State of the Art and Future Perspectives. Children (Basel) 2024. Link
- Early Intestinal Ultrasound Response to Biologic Therapy Predicts Endoscopic Remission in Children with Ileal Crohn’s Disease: Results from the Prospective Super Sonic Study. J Crohns Colitis 2023. Link
- Intestinal Ultrasound for the Pediatric Gastroenterologist: A Guide for Inflammatory Bowel Disease Monitoring in Children. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2023. Link
- Intestinal Ultrasound to Assess Ulcerative Colitis Disease Activity in Children: External Validation and Comparison of 2 Intestinal Ultrasound Activity Indices. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2022. Link
- A Healthcare Physician Can Be Trained to Perform Intestinal Ultrasound in Children With Inflammatory Bowel Disease. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2022. Link
- The child’s perception on monitoring inflammatory bowel disease activity. Eur J Pediatr. 2022. Link
- Intestinal Ultrasound in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Promising, but Work in Progress. Inflamm Bowel Dis 2022. Link
- Bowel ultrasound measurements in healthy children - systematic review and meta-analysis. Pediatr Radiol. 2020. Link
Pregnancy:
- Intestinal ultrasonography diagnostic performance and feasibility in IBD during pregnancy: a systematic review and narrative synthesis. Inflamm Intest Dis 2024. Link
- Intestinal Ultrasound to Evaluate Treatment Response During Pregnancy in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 2022. Link
- Monitoring Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Pregnancy Using Gastrointestinal Ultrasonography. J Crohns Colitis 2020. Link
- The Role of Bowel Ultrasound in Detecting Subclinical Inflammation in Pregnant Women with Crohn's Disease. J Can Assoc Gastroenterol 2019. Link
