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.

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.

Ulcerative colitis: epidemiology, clinical features and associated factors with surgical treatment in a tertiary hospital in Mexico.

Background: An increase incidence of ulcerative colitis (UC) has been reported in Mexico. It is important to know the clinical features of patients with UC, their clinical course, need for surgical treatment and outcomes.

Objective: To describe the demographic and clinical features of patients with UC, emphasizing the factors associated with the need for surgical treatment.

[Turnbull-cutait technique in low rectal cancer: Case report].

Background: The surgical treatment for low rectal cancer involves an ultra-low anterior resection with complete mesorectal resection and coloanal anastomosis. Two-stage coloanal anastomosis such as the Turnbull-Cutait technique represents an option for patients with low rectal cancer.

Clinical Case: A 69 year-old female patient with a diagnosis of adenocarcinoma (T2N1), located 4 cm from the anal margin.

Association of the interleukin 15 (IL-15) gene polymorphisms with the risk of developing ulcerative colitis in Mexican individuals.

Interleukin 15 (IL-15) is a Th1-related cytokine that triggers inflammatory cell recruitment with implications for pathogenesis in ulcerative colitis. The IL-15 gene is located within a 35 kb region of the q28-31 locus of chromosome 4. In the present work, the role of IL-15 gene polymorphisms as susceptibility markers for UC was evaluated.

Genetic polymorphisms of interleukin 20 (IL-20) in patients with ulcerative colitis.

Interleukin (IL)-20 belongs to the IL-10 family and is a potent immunomodulatory cytokine with implications for pathogenesis in the inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The interleukin 20 gene is located within a 200kb region of q31-32 locus of chromosome 1. No previous studies have reported this novel association between ulcerative colitis (UC) and IL-20 polymorphisms.