Phase Angle (PhA) Is an Easy and Complementary Tool for Assessing Nutritional Status in Ulcerative Colitis (UC) Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Background: Accumulating evidence has proposed phase angle (PhA) as a marker for assessing cellular integrity and nutritional status in ulcerative colitis (UC) patients; the aim of the study was to evaluate the efficacy of PhA in assessing nutritional status in patients with UC, investigating its potential as a biomarker of disease activity.

Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study in patients with UC and healthy controls. We determined PhA by electrical bioimpedance and categorized participants through bioelectrical impedance analysis.

First Mexican Consensus on Crohn's disease.

Introduction: Crohn's disease (CD) is a subtype of chronic and incurable inflammatory bowel disease. It can affect the entire gastrointestinal tract and its etiology is unknown.

Objective: The aim of this consensus was to establish the most relevant aspects related to definitions, diagnosis, follow-up, medical treatment, and surgical treatment of Crohn's disease in Mexico.

The controlling nutritional status score: A promising tool for nutritional screening and predicting severity in ulcerative colitis patients.

Introduction And Aims: The controlling nutritional status (CONUT) score has previously been shown to be useful for nutritional assessment and the prediction of several inflammatory and neoplastic diseases. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the potential use of the CONUT score as a method for nutritional screening and predicting severity in ulcerative colitis (UC).

Materials And Methods: The study was conducted on 60 patients diagnosed with UC.

Aspects of inflammatory bowel disease during the COVID-19 pandemic and general considerations.

So far, available evidence suggests that patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are not at greater risk for developing COVID-19 infection. In regard to patients with IBD remission: 5-aminosalycylates (5-ASAs) do not increase the risk for infection and should be continued. There is no need to suspend them or lower the dose.

Comparison between the body mass index and the Controlling Nutritional status to determine the severity in patients with abdominal sepsis.

Background: The systemic response of the organism, in defense against the aggressor agent, generates acute catabolic response, which leads to deterioration of the nutritional status.

Objective: Compare the usefulness of the body mass index (BMI) and the CONUT scale to determine the severity in abdominal sepsis.

Methods: Retrospective, descriptive, cross-sectional study in patients with diagnosis of abdominal sepsis, from April 2016 to February 2017.