Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Inflammatory Bowel Disease - Diagnosis

Blood tests: Full blood count, renal panel, C-reactive protein, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), liver panel and vitamin B12/ folic acid/ iron levels in anaemia.
Stool tests: Stool culture, microscopy, Clostridium difficile PCR and stool calprotectin
Imaging
- Chest x-ray
- Abdominal x-ray
- Abdominal and/or pelvis CT scans
- Small bowel enteroclysis
- CT/MRI enterogram
- Small bowel capsule endoscopy
Endoscopy to obtain tissue for biopsies
- Colonoscopy and ileoscopy
- Oesophagogastroduodenoscopy (OGD)
- Small bowel enteroscopy

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Article contributed by Centre for Digestive and Liver Diseases (CDLD), Singapore General Hospital; Colorectal Service, Sengkang General Hospital

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Dr Veena Logarajah

Senior Consultant

MBChB (UK), MRCPCh

Clinical Interests: Hepatology, Nutrition

Clin Assoc Prof Narasimhan Kannan Laksmi

Senior Consultant

MBBS, MS (Surg), MCh (Paeds Surg), FRCS (Edinburgh), FRCPS (Glasgow)

Clinical Interests: Paediatric Urology, Urodynamics, General Surgery

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