ALLMedicine™ Toxic Megacolon Center

Nov 15th, 2020 - Toxic megacolon is a rare but life-threatening condition. Diagnosis is made when both systemic toxicity and an enlarged colon are present. We undertook a systematic review of the literature to provide a list of toxic megacolon findings on computed...

Jul 18th, 2020 - Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is traditionally taught to be an antibiotic associated diarrheal infection. This diagnosis is based on the presence of clinical symptoms (usually defined as more than 3 watery, loose or unformed stool withi...

Jul 2nd, 2020 - The purpose of the study was to evaluate whether early colectomy in patients who have toxic megacolon due to Clostridium difficile colitis reduces mortality. The study was performed using the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality ...

Jun 22nd, 2020 - Hirschsprung's disease (HD) is a congenital disease manifesting various degrees of functional bowel obstruction caused by the absence of enteric ganglion cells, which are usually absent in the colonic segment of the HD patient. Because the agangli...

Jun 10th, 2020 - Toxigenic Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) is the main cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea and can induce pseudomembranous colitis and infrequent toxic megacolon, which are potentially fatal. The standard antibiotic therapy for C. difficil...

Nov 15th, 2020 - Toxic megacolon is a rare but life-threatening condition. Diagnosis is made when both systemic toxicity and an enlarged colon are present. We undertook a systematic review of the literature to provide a list of toxic megacolon findings on computed...

Jul 18th, 2020 - Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is traditionally taught to be an antibiotic associated diarrheal infection. This diagnosis is based on the presence of clinical symptoms (usually defined as more than 3 watery, loose or unformed stool withi...

Jul 2nd, 2020 - The purpose of the study was to evaluate whether early colectomy in patients who have toxic megacolon due to Clostridium difficile colitis reduces mortality. The study was performed using the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality ...

Jun 22nd, 2020 - Hirschsprung's disease (HD) is a congenital disease manifesting various degrees of functional bowel obstruction caused by the absence of enteric ganglion cells, which are usually absent in the colonic segment of the HD patient. Because the agangli...

Jun 10th, 2020 - Toxigenic Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) is the main cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea and can induce pseudomembranous colitis and infrequent toxic megacolon, which are potentially fatal. The standard antibiotic therapy for C. difficil...

Mar 9th, 2018 - Emergencies require quicker decisions. In ulcerative colitis, emergency cases may include toxic megacolon, perforated colon, or obstruction from either a stricture or cancer, as well as bleeding in rare cases.

Oct 20th, 2015 - CHICAGO – Last-minute colectomy isn’t the way to go for Clostridium difficile–induced toxic megacolon; outcomes are better with a timely loop ileostomy and colonic lavage. University of Pittsburgh surgery professor Dr.

Mar 6th, 2015 - Welcome to another edition of the MedPage Today Tweet of the Week! Every Friday, the editorial team highlights its favorite 140-character contribution from the healthcare twittersphere. This week's winner is ... Medpage Today's own Ivan Oransky. H...

Aug 25th, 2013 - Surgical Treatment for CDI A new surgical procedure for CDI has been developed: diverting loop ileostomy with colonic vancomycin lavage. The surgical experience with CDI has previously consisted of colectomy in patients who are critically ill, oft...

Feb 14th, 2013 - Patient Selection Guidelines Who is a candidate for FMT, and how do you get started? Slide 3. (Enlarge Slide) The AGA set some fairly strong guidelines about candidates for FMT. Appropriate candidates are patients who have relapsing CDI (a history...