Algorithms

Crohn's disease

New presentation of Crohn's disease, including baseline investigations & imaging

Treatment of fistulating perianal disease, including simple & complex disease

Treatment of stricturing Crohn's disease, including perianal, colonic, ileo-caecal & small bowel

Treatment of penetrating disease, including enterocutaneous, enterovesical, enteroenteric & enterogynaecological fistulae

Management of anti-TNF therapy, including induction, optimization & maintenance

Managing medically-induced remission, including treatment & reducing risk factors

Managing surgically-induced remission, including timing of reassessments

Considerations regarding pregnancy in IBD, including effect on treatment, fertility & pregnancy

Management of Crohn's disease in children & adolescents, including diagnosis & treatment

New presentation of ulcerative colitis, including severity assessment & IBDU

Treatment of proctitis, including quiescent, mild, moderate and severe disease

Treatment of left-sided colitis, including quiescent, mild, moderate and severe disease

Management of steroid / thiopurine refractory ulcerative colitis

Treatment of acute severe colitis, including considerations for surgery & initiating second line therapy

Treatment of extensive colitis, including quiescent, mild, moderate and severe disease

Maintenance therapy in ulcerative colitis, including considerations based on manner of induction of remission

Investigation and treatment of pouchitis

Surgical management of ulcerative colitis, including consideration pre- and post-surgery