IBD Literature

Ulcerative Colitis Study: New Faecal Calprotectin Cut-offs

BÜHLMANN IBDoc®: Walsh, A, Kormilitzin, A. et al. New faecal calprotectin cut-off points for remission and active disease defined by UCEIS and Nancy indices in ulcerative colitis (UC).  13th Congress of ECCO 2018, Feb 14 – 17, 2018. Vienna, Austria. Highlights from this Poster “Conclusions. An FCal <180 g/g is indicative of endoscopic and histological remission. FCal
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Point of Care Testing of Fecal Calprotectin as a Substitute for Routine Laboratory Analysis

BÜHLMANN fCAL® turbo and IBDoc®: Hejla, J, Theedeb, K, et al.  Point of care testing of fecal calprotectin as a substitute for routine laboratory analysis.  Practical Laboratory Medicine; 10 (2018) 10-14. PMID: 29234707 DOI: 10.1016/j.plabm.2017.11.002 Highlights from this Publication “This study suggests that IBDoc® is a suitable alternative for the assessment of disease activity in IBD patients. Point of care
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Prospective Evaluation of the Predictive Value of Faecal Calprotectin in Quiescent Crohn’s Disease

BÜHLMANN fCAL® ELISA Citation Naismith, Smith LA, Barry SJ, Munro JI, Laird S, Rankin K, Morris AJ, Winter JW, Gaya DR. A prospective evaluation of the predictive value of faecal calprotectin in quiescent Crohn’s disease. J Crohns Colitis. 2014 Sep;8(9):1022-9. doi: 10.1016/j.crohns.2014.01.029. “The FC result, obtained by non-invasive means, can provide prognostic information for both the patient
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Estimation of the Possible Economic Effects of Pre-Endoscopic Screening with F-calprotectin, Clinical Biochemistry

BÜHLMANN fCAL® ELISA Citation: Mindemark, M. & Larsson, A.  Ruling out IBD: Estimation of the possible economic effects of pre-endoscopic screening with F-calprotectin, Clinical Biochemistry.  Clin Biochem. 2012 May;45(7-8):552-5. doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2011.10.015. “The estimated demand for colonoscopies was reduced by 50% to 67%. This corresponded to a cost avoidance of approximately up to €2.13 million.”

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