Relapse Prediction of Crohn’s Disease: Whom To Choose?

Paediatric Crohn's disease is characterized by inflammation of digestive tract which may frequently relapse leading to hospitalizations and complications. When predicting a relapse of Crohn's disease there are 2 parameters which can be used, they are: 12-week disease activity or inflammation. Relapse prediction using data from diagnosis. Source: Tomer Ziv‐Baran, Séamus Hussey, Malgorzata Sladek et al.

Response to treatment is more important than disease severity at diagnosis for prediction of early relapse in new‐onset paediatric Crohn’s disease. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2018 ;1–9.