Ulcerative Colitis Severity Index - Medical Algorithm

Evaluation

Are you evaluating a patient with ulcerative colitis?

Yes

Number of bowel movements per day

Does the patient have nocturnal diarrhea?

Yes

Does the patient have fecal incontinence?

Yes

Percent of stools with visible blood (enter from 0 to 100)

percent

Does the patient need antidiarrheal drugs?

Yes

Select an appropriate answer for each finding

Abdominal pain or cramping

Abdominal tenderness

General well-being

Results

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Results Interpretation and Description References Next Steps

Data complete?

Evaluation appropriate?

Total score

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Interpretation and Description

References

Next Steps in Evaluation

Diagnosis

Risk Factors
- Ulcerative Colitis Risk for Colectomy Score
Clinical Diagnosis, Including Family History For Genetics
- Ulcerative Colitis Clinical Score (UCCS) of Feagan et al
Criteria For Diagnosis
- Mayo Scoring System for Evaluating the Activity of Ulcerative Colitis
- Ulcerative Colitis Clinical Score (UCCS) of Feagan et al
Severity, Prognosis, Stage
Complications
- Ulcerative Colitis Risk for Colectomy Score

Therapy

Failure Handling And Therapy Escalation
- Ulcerative Colitis Risk for Colectomy Score

Monitoring

Response To Therapy
- Mayo Scoring System for Evaluating the Activity of Ulcerative Colitis
Disease Progression
- Disease Activity Score of Talstad and Gjone for Ulcerative Colitis
- Ulcerative Colitis Disease Activity Index (UCDAI) of Sutherland et al

Specialty

Gastroenterology

Objective

severity
prognosis
stage

ICD-10

K51 - Ulcerative colitis

Lichtiger Index for Ulcerative Colitis (Modified Truelove and Witts Severity Index, MTWSI)

Purpose: To evaluate a patient with ulcerative colitis (UC) using the index of Lichtiger et al.