At-home Disease Monitoring by Patient-performed Intestinal Ultrasound in Severe Ulcerative Colitis
Noa Krugliak Cleveland, Yusuke Miyatani, E A Picker, David T. Rubin
Abstract
Lay Summary We describe the first reported case of a nonmedically trained patient using a handheld ultrasound device to monitor his ulcerative colitis in real time at home during induction therapy for severe colitis.
Topics & Concepts
Ulcerative colitisMedicineColitisUltrasoundInflammatory bowel diseaseInternal medicineGastroenterologyDiseaseRadiologyInflammatory Bowel DiseaseUltrasound in Clinical ApplicationsColorectal Cancer Screening and Detection