Guidelines:

EFSUMB guidelines:

• https://www.efsumb.org

ECCO-ESGAR guidelines:

• https://academic.oup.com/ecco-jcc/article/13/2/144/5078195
• https://academic.oup.com/ecco-jcc/article/13/3/273/5078200
• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34628504/

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: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35488472/

 

• Defining Transabdominal Intestinal Ultrasound Treatment Response and Remission in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Systematic Review and Expert Consensus Statement .J Crohns Colitis 2022. Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34614172/

Review articles:

• Systematic Review: Clinical Utility of Gastrointestinal Ultrasound in the Diagnosis, Assessment and Management of Patients with Ulcerative Colitis. J Crohns Colitis 2020. Link: https://academic.oup.com/ecco-jcc/article/14/4/465/5575710

 

• Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. J Crohn’s Colitis 2021. Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32674146/

 

• Ultrasonography in inflammatory bowel disease – So far we are? United European Gastroenterol J. 2022. Link: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8911535/

 

• Intestinal Ultrasound for Differentiating Fibrotic or Inflammatory Stenosis in Crohn’s Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. J Crohns Colitis 2022. Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35390137/

 

• Ultrasound elastography in inflammatory bowel diseases: a systematic review of accuracy compared to histopathological assessment. J Crohns Colitis 2022. Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35696668/

 

• The Impact of Intestinal Ultrasound on the Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease: From Established Facts Toward New Horizons. Front Med (Lausanne). Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9167952/

 

• ECCO-ESGAR Topical Review on Optimizing Reporting for Cross-Sectional Imaging in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. J Crohns Colitis 2022 Link: https://academic.oup.com/ecco- jcc/article/16/4/523/6386300?login=false

 

• Point-of-Care Testing and Home Testing: Pragmatic Considerations for Widespread Incorporation of Stool Tests, Serum Tests, and Intestinal Ultrasound. Gastroenterology 2022. Link: https://www.gastrojournal.org/article/S0016-5085(21)04072- 5/fulltext?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fpubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2F

 

• Relevance of monitoring transmural disease activity in patients with Crohn’s disease: current status and future perspectives. Ther Adv Gastroenterol 2021. Link: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/17562848211006672

 

 

Original articles:

• Intestinal ultrasound for monitoring therapeutic response in patients with ulcerative colitis: results from the TRUST&UC study. Gut 2020. Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7456734/

 

• A reliability study-strong inter-observer agreement of an expert panel for intestinal ultrasound in ulcerative colitis. Journal of Crohn's and Colitis 2021. Link: https://academic.oup.com/ecco-jcc/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjaa267/607367

 

• 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: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34636839/

 

• Early Ultrasound Response and Progressive Transmural Remission After Treatment With Ustekinumab in Crohn's Disease. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2022. Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35842121/

 

• Early intestinal ultrasound predicts intravenous corticosteroid response in hospitalized patients with severe ulcerative colitis. J Crohns Colitis. 2022. Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35695823/

 

• Infliximab Trough Levels Are Associated With Transmural Sonographic Healing in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Inflamm Bowel Dis 2022. Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36094156/

 

• Intestinal ultrasound early on in treatment follow-up predicts endoscopic response to anti- TNFα treatment in Crohn's Disease. J Crohns Colitis 2022. Link:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35639823/

 

• Ultrasonography Tight Control and Monitoring in Crohn's Disease During Different Biological Therapies: A Multicenter Study. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2022. Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33775896/

 

• 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: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36030056/

 

• The Use of Intestinal Ultrasound in Ulcerative Colitis—More Than a Mucosal Disease? Gastroenterology 2022. Link: https://www.gastrojournal.org/article/S0016-5085(22)01161- 1/fulltext?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fpubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2F

 

• 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: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jum.16191

 

• 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: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/apt.17267

 

• Early Ultrasound Response and Progressive Transmural Remission After Treatment With Ustekinumab in Crohn's Disease. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2023. https://www.cghjournal.org/article/S1542-3565(22)00649-8/fulltext

IUS activity scores:

• A Simple Ultrasound Score for the Accurate Detection of Inflammatory Activity in Crohn's Disease. Inflamm Bowel Dis 2017. Link: https://academic.oup.com/ibdjournal/article/23/11/2001/4791628

 

• The Simple Pediatric Activity Ultrasound Score (SPAUSS) for the Accurate Detection of Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2019. Link:https://journals.lww.com/jpgn/Fulltext/2019/07000/The_Simple_Pediatric_Activity_Ult rasound_Score.16.aspx

 

• Development and Validation of a Simple Ultrasound Activity Score for Crohn’s Disease. J Crohns Colitis 2020.Link:https://academic.oup.com/ecco-jcc/advance- article/doi/10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjaa112/5854303

 

• 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: https://academic.oup.com/ecco-jcc/article/15/4/609/5938527

 

• Standardisation of intestinal ultrasound scoring in clinical trials for luminal Crohn’s disease. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics 2021.Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33641221/

 

• Systematic Review: Gastrointestinal Ultrasound Scoring Indices for Inflammatory Bowel Disease. J Crohns Colitis 2021. Link: https://academic.oup.com/ecco-jcc/advance-article- abstract/doi/10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjaa129/5866421?redirectedFrom=fulltext

 

• Milan ultrasound criteria are accurate in assessing disease activity in ulcerative colitis: external validation. United European Gastroenterol J. 2021. Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33349199/

 

• Intestinal Ultrasound to Assess Disease Activity in Ulcerative Colitis: Development of a novel UC-Ultrasound Index. J Crohns Colitis 2021. Link: https://academic.oup.com/ecco-jcc/article/15/8/1264/6067606

 

• Correlation of ultrasound scores with endoscopic activity in Crohn's disease: a prospective exploratory study. J Crohns Colitis 2023. Link: https://academic.oup.com/ecco-jcc/advance- article-abstract/doi/10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjad068/7110047?redirectedFrom=fulltext

Pediatrics:

• Bowel ultrasound measurements in healthy children - systematic review and meta-analysis. Pediatr Radiol. 2020. Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31838567/

 

• Intestinal Ultrasound in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Promising, but Work in Progress. Inflamm Bowel Dis 2022. Link: https://academic.oup.com/ibdjournal/article/28/5/783/6278841

 

• The child’s perception on monitoring inflammatory bowel disease activity. Eur J Pediatr. 2022. Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8897331/

 

• Intestinal Ultrasound for the Pediatric Gastroenterologist: A Guide for Inflammatory Bowel Disease Monitoring in Children. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2022. Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36306530/

 

• A Healthcare Physician Can Be Trained to Perform Intestinal Ultrasound in Children With Inflammatory Bowel Disease. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2022. Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35262517/

 

• 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: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36149272/

Pregnancy:

• Monitoring Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Pregnancy Using Gastrointestinal Ultrasonography. J Crohns Colitis 2020. Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32343768/

 

• Intestinal Ultrasound to Evaluate Treatment Response During Pregnancy in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 2022. Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34525186/

 

• The Role of Bowel Ultrasound in Detecting Subclinical Inflammation in Pregnant Women with Crohn's Disease. J Can Assoc Gastroenterol 2019. Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31616856/