Inflammatory Bowel Disease By Colonoscopy In Jordan

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Inflammatory Bowel Disease by colonoscopy in Jordan - Retrospective study 1996-2000 -Al Bashir Hospital experienceDr.K.Lutfi, W.Hammoudi, S.Yaqub, N.Ziyadat, W.Balker, H.Abu-Hasan, .M.Ayoub Department of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology unit OBJECTIVES: A retrospective study of all the cases of inflammatory bowel disease diagnosed by colonoscopy in Al-Bashir hospital, between .the years 1996-2000 SUBJECTS AND METHODS: All the patients with inflammatory .bowel disease diagnosed by colonoscopy and confirmed by histology Main symptoms, stratifying age groups and distribution of inflammatory .bowel disease were recorded Results: from 2330 colonoscopies made in 5 years, 201 patients were diagnosed as I.B.D patients (8.6%), out of them 191(8.1%) were diagnosed as ulcerative colitis and 10 cases (0.42%) were diagnosed as .Crohn's disease patients (56.2%) were of male gender while 88 (43.7%) were female 113 patients. Regarding age groups, the main affected age group were between 31-40 years (27.8%) followed by 21-30 years (20.9%). Less affected age group was between 0-10 years (1.4%). Main symptoms were dominated by bloody stool (37.8%) and abdominal pain (24.3%), while the less common symptom was constipation (6.9%). Most affected area with I.B.D was the sigmoid colon (35.3%), followed by left colon (21.1%) and rectum (19.9%), while the less affected area was terminal .(ileum (2.4% CONCLUSION: Our statistical data showed a low incidence of I.B.D among those patients referred for colonoscopy. Most affected anatomical areas was left colon, while most affected age group was young patients between 20 to 40 years, which are in accordance to those reported from western and Mediterranean countries. However, higher incidence of the .disease in males was noted Multi-centric studies combined with national registry data is recommended to obtain more accurate statistical information regarding .this disease in Jordan

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Incidence of pediatric patients diagnosed as inflammatory .bowel disease by colonoscopy in Jordan - Retrospective study 1996-2000 -Al Bashir Hospital experienceDr.M.Iacovita, W.Hammoudi, S. Faouri OBJECTIVES: A retrospective study of all the pediatric patients diagnosed by colonoscopy as inflammatory bowel disease in Al-Bashir .hospital, between the years 1996-2000 SUBJECTS AND METHODS: All the pediatric patients between the ages of 0 -18 years with inflammatory bowel disease diagnosed by .colonoscopy and confirmed by histology Main symptoms, gender, stratifying age groups and distribution of .inflammatory bowel disease were recorded Results: from 201 patients diagnosed as inflammatory bowel disease in 5 years, 17(8.4%) patients were diagnosed as I.B.D patients, out of them 15(88.2%) were diagnosed as ulcerative colitis and 2 cases (11.7%) were .diagnosed as Crohn's disease patients (52.9%) were of male gender while 8 (47.1%) were female 9 patients. Regarding age groups, the main affected age group was between 11-18 years14 (82.35%). While the age group between 0-10 years counted 3(17.65%). Main symptoms were dominated by bloody stool (37.8%) and abdominal pain (24.3%), while the less common symptom was constipation (6.9%). Most affected area with I.B.D was the left colon 8 (47.5%), followed by rectum 6 (35.29%), while the less affected area .(was terminal ileum 2 (11.76% CONCLUSION: Our statistical data showed a low incidence of I.B.D among pediatric patients referred for colonoscopy. Most affected anatomical areas was left colon, while most affected age group was young patients between 11-18 years, which are in accordance to those reported from western and Mediterranean countries. However, higher .incidence of the disease in males was noted Multi-centric studies combined with national registry data is recommended to obtain more accurate statistical information regarding .this disease in Jordan