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To assess the long-term result of medical treatment in patients with a severe attack (SA) of ulcerative colitis (UC).The course of UC was analyzed in 56 patients who were accessible by telephone contact and consecutively recruited for a year after therapy for a SA of UC. All the patients were stated to have a SA of UC according to the Truelove-Witts' criteria; they received therapy with intravenous glucocorticosteroids (GCS) (prednisolone 2 mg/kg) along with anti-recurrence therapy with mesalasine (5-ASA) or azathioprine (AZA). Ten (17.9%) GCS-resistant patients were given infliximab (INF) (5 mg/ kg), followed by its maintenance infusions. Anti-recurrence therapy using 5-ASA, AZA, and INF was performed in 33 (58.9%), 13 (23.2%), and 10 (17.9%) patients, respectively.During one year, 14 (25%) patients continued to be in clinical remission on maintenance therapy or to have attacks stopped without using GCS, immunosuppressive agents, or INF (a satisfactory response group). Colectomy was carried out in 23 (41.1%) patients; due to recurrent UC when decreasing the dose of GCS, 5 (8.9%) patients continued to take the latter during a year. A GCS cycle was repeated in 3 patients who had received AZA (the basic therapy was not corrected) and 11 patients who had taken 5-ASA. The prognostic factors for a long-term result of medical therapy included the choice of AZA as an anti-recurrent drug (57.1 and 11.9% in the satisfactory and poor treatment outcome groups, respectively; p = 0.004) and patient age (34.4 and 42.8 years, respectively; p = 0.0357).During 1 year after a SA of UC, indications for colectomy and repeated GCS use occurred in 41 and 34% of the patients, respectively. The long-term efficiency of medical therapy for a SA of UC declines with advancing age. The use of AZA as an anti-recurrence agent after termination of GCS intake increases the probability of long-term clinical response.Цель исследования. Оценить долгосрочный результат консервативного лечения больных с тяжелым обострением (ТО) язвенного колита (ЯК). Материалы и методы. Проанализировали течение ЯК у 56 доступных для телефонного контакта последовательно набранных пациентов в течение года после проведения терапии ТО ЯК. У всех пациентов констатировано ТО ЯК по критериям Truelove-Witts и проведена терапия внутривенными глюкокортикостероидами - ГКС (преднизолон 2 мг/кг) с назначением противорецидивной терапии месалазином (5-АСК) или азатиоприном (АЗА). Резистентным к ГКС 10 (17,9%) пациентам назначен инфликсимаб - ИНФ (5 мг/кг) с проведением последующих поддерживающих инфузий. Противорецидивную терапию проводили 33 (58,9%) пациентам 5-АСК, 13 (23,2%) АЗА, 10 (17,9%) ИНФ. Результаты. В течение 1 года у 14 (25%) больных сохранялась клиническая ремиссия на фоне поддерживающей терапии или отмечались обострения, купированные без применения ГКС, иммуносупрессоров или ИНФ (группа с удовлетворительным ответом). Колэктомия выполнена 23 (41,1%) больным, 5 (8,9%) пациентов в связи с рецидивом ЯК при снижении дозы ГКС продолжили прием ГКС в течение 1 года. Повторный курс ГКС проведен 3 пациентам, получавшим АЗА (базисная терапия не корректировалась), и 11 больным, получавшим 5-АСК. К прогностическим факторам долгосрочного результата консервативной терапии отнесены выбор АЗА в качестве противорецидивного препарата (57,1 и 11,9% в группах с удовлетворительным и неудовлетворительным исходом лечения соответственно; р=0,004) и возраст больных (34,4 и 42,8 года соответственно; р=0,0357). Заключение. В течение 1 года после ТО ЯК у 41% больных возникают показания к колэктомии, у 34% - к повторному применению ГКС. Долгосрочная эффективность консервативной терапии ТО ЯК уменьшается с увеличением возраста. Применение АЗА в качестве противорецидивного средства после окончания приема ГКС повышает вероятность долгосрочного клинического ответа.

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is common in western Europe and North America, and many aspects of its epidemiology, risk factors, and natural history have been described in these regions. Recent data suggest, however, that IBS is also common in the rest of the world and there has been some evidence to suggest some differences in demographics and presenting features between IBS in the west and as it is experienced elsewhere. The World Gastroenterology Organization, therefore, established a Task Force comprising experts on the topic from all parts of the world to examine IBS from a global perspective. IBS does, indeed, seem to be common worldwide though with some significant variations in prevalence rates between regions and countries and there may well be some potentially interesting variations in presenting symptoms and sex distribution. The global map of IBS is far from complete; community-based prevalence data is not available from many areas. Furthermore, while some general trends are evident in terms of IBS impact and demographics, international comparisons are hampered by differences in diagnostic criteria, study location and methodology; several important unanswered questions have been identified that should form the basis for future collaborative research and have the potential to shed light on this challenging disorder. © 2012 by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.