Manejo extra-hospitalario de la enfermedad inflamatoria intestinal: papel de Atención Primaria

Inflammatory bowel disease (ulcerative colitis, Crohn's and unclassified colitis) requires a global management aimed at the diagnosis, treatment, monitoring and prevention of complications. For management units have been set responsible for providing comprehensive care to patients, but without undermining the role to be performed in primary care settings. Primary care physicians should know the symptoms, but also in a patient with suspected inflammatory bowel disease, may have blood tests, fecal or imaging tests such as ultrasound can help diagnose. Also play an important role in monitoring, early detection of flares and in the implementation of measures to prevent the occurrence of complications related to the disease itself, the drugs administered or sequelae of malnutrition or previous surgery.