PubReading [14] - Acute abdominal pain in patients with Crohn’s disease: What urgent imaging tests should be done? - P. García, A. López-Jurado, A. Bártulos

<p><strong>Crohn’s disease</strong> is an autoimmune disease that predominantly affects the gastrointestinal tract. Crohn’s disease is diagnosed at a young age and runs a chronic course with <strong>acute flare-ups</strong>. When patients with Crohn’s disease present with flare-ups at the emergency department, they are usually managed in a way similar to patients with acute abdomen; there is no consensus about the most appropriate imaging work-up for patients with flare-ups of Crohn’s disease. Thus, we decided to review the literature about the <strong>imaging tests</strong> indicated (whether related to their diagnostic performance or to lower exposure to ionizing radiation) for acute flare-ups in patients with Crohn’s disease. - DOI: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rx.2018.12.003" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">10.1016/j.rx.2018.12.003</a> - 2019</p>