Publications Reliability among central readers in the evaluation of endoscopic disease activity in pouchitis Citation Samaan MA, Shen B, Mosli MH, Zou G, Sandborn WJ, Shackelton LM, Nelson S, Stitt L, Bloom S, Pardi DS, Gionchetti P, Lindsay J, Travis S, Hart A, Silverberg MS, Feagan BG, D'Haens GR, Jairath V. Reliability among central readers in the evaluation of endoscopic disease activity in pouchitis. Gastrointest Endosc. 2018 Aug;88(2):360-369.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2018.04.2330. Epub 2018 Apr 13. PMID: 29660321. Abstract Background and aims: Pouchitis is a common adverse event after proctocolectomy with ileal pouch anal anastomosis for ulcerative colitis. Evaluation of pouchitis disease activity and response to treatment requires use of validated indices. We assessed the reliability of items evaluating endoscopic pouchitis disease activity. Tags Complications, Delphi Technique, Diagnostic Imaging, Endoscopy, Etiology, Gastrointestinal, Pouchitis, Ulcer Read More
