Brief Article
Copyright ©2012 Baishideng Publishing Group Co.
World J Gastroenterol. Apr 21, 2012; 18(15): 1773-1780
Published online Apr 21, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i15.1773
Table 1 Simple Clinical Colitis Activity Index[10]
SymptomScore
Bowel frequency (d)
1-30
4-61
7-92
> 93
Bowel frequency (night)
1-31
4-62
Urgency of defecation
Hurry1
Immediately2
Incontinence3
Blood in stool
Trace1
Occasionally frank2
Usually frank3
General wellbeing
Very well0
Slightly below par1
Poor2
Very poor3
Terrible4
Extracolonic features1 per manifestation