Integrating intestinal ultrasound into routine clinical care improves prediction of biochemical disease activity in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease.

Key Points

• To evaluate the effectiveness of integrating intestinal ultrasound in predicting disease activity in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease.
• Compared intestinal ultrasound (IUS) with clinical symptoms during routine visits.
• Analyzed prediction accuracy of IUS against shPCDAI for Crohn's disease and PUCAI for ulcerative colitis.
• Evaluated potential impacts on treatment decision-making.
• IUS was superior to shPCDAI in predicting Crohn's disease activity.
• IUS may surpass PUCAI for ulcerative colitis predictions.
• Integrating IUS could accelerate treatment decisions, enhancing patient care.