Upadacitinib as rescue therapy in acute severe ulcerative colitis: a Malaysia tertiary center experience

• Main Authors: Ban Hong, Ang, Nik Muhamad Affendi, Nik Arsyad, Hilmi, Ida Normiha
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2023
• Subjects: R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/110172/6/110172_Upadacitinib%20as%20rescue%20therapy%20in%20acute%20severe%20ulcerative.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/110172/; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jgh.16422; https://doi.org/10.1111/jgh.16421
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Introduction:The critical nature of acute severe ulcerative colitis (ASUC),often necessitating emergent colectomy, highlights the pressing need to ex-plore alternative rescue medical therapy. We report two cases ofupadacitinib as rescue therapy in biologic-experienced patients withASUC.Case 1A 17-ye...