Inter-Rater Disagreements in Applying the Montreal Classification for Crohn's Disease: The Five-Nations Survey Study.

Background: The Montreal classification has been widely used in Crohn's disease since 2005 to categorize patients by the age of onset (A), disease location (L), behavior (B), and upper gastrointestinal tract and perianal involvement. With evolving management paradigms in Crohn's disease, we aimed to assess the performance of gastroenterologists in applying the Montreal classification.

Methods: An online survey was conducted among participants at an international educational conference on inflammatory bowel diseases.

Salvage Therapy in Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis: Current Practice and a Look to the Future.

The risk of urgent bowel resection increases significantly among patients hospitalized with acute severe ulcerative colitis. In-hospital management requires quick diagnostic, therapeutic, and decision-making, combined with a multi-disciplinary approach and accessibility to multiple therapeutic options. However, the optimal strategy is still debatable.

Real-world experience with Curcumin-QingDai combination for patients with active ulcerative colitis: A retrospective multicentre cohort study.

Background: Curcumin and QingDai (QD, Indigo) have been shown to be effective for treating active ulcerative colitis (UC).

Aim: To evaluate the real-world experience with the Curcumin-QingDai (CurQD) herbal combination to induce remission in active UC.

Methods: A retrospec-tive multicentre adult cohort study from five tertiary academic centres (2018-2022).