Jones H W, Hoare A M
Department of Medicine for the Elderly, Amersham General Hospital, Buckinghamshire.
Age Ageing. 1988 Nov;17(6):410-4. doi: 10.1093/ageing/17.6.410.
The clinical course of all new patients with ulcerative colitis or indeterminate colitis aged 65 years or older diagnosed in one health district (population 274,000) between 1 January 1975 and 31 December 1984 has been compared with that of all new patients 55 years or younger diagnosed in the same period. Elderly patients were admitted more often in a first attack and were more likely to receive systemic steroids. No elderly patient required urgent surgery and no patient in either group died of ulcerative colitis or its complications. The mortality amongst elderly patients with ulcerative colitis was no greater than expected in a population of the same age. The prognosis for ulcerative colitis in elderly patients is the same as for younger patients.
1975年1月1日至1984年12月31日期间，在一个卫生区（人口274,000）诊断出的所有65岁及以上的溃疡性结肠炎或不确定性结肠炎新患者的临床病程，已与同期诊断出的所有55岁及以下的新患者的临床病程进行了比较。老年患者首发时更常入院，且更有可能接受全身用类固醇治疗。没有老年患者需要紧急手术，两组中也没有患者死于溃疡性结肠炎或其并发症。老年溃疡性结肠炎患者的死亡率不高于同年龄人群的预期死亡率。老年患者溃疡性结肠炎的预后与年轻患者相同。
