Cleveland Noa Krugliak, Picker Emma A, Dolinger Michael T, Rubin David T
University of Chicago Medicine Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Chicago, Illinois.
Susan and Leonard Feinstein Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinical Center, Mount Sinai Hospital, Icahn School of Medicine, New York, New York.
Gastroenterol Hepatol (N Y). 2023 Mar;19(3):147-154.
Intestinal ultrasound (IUS) is a noninvasive and highly reliable point-of-care tool to evaluate inflammation of the bowel. It offers comparable accuracy to endoscopy and magnetic resonance enterography. Although IUS has been incorporated into the management of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in other parts of the world, it has only recently arrived in the United States. However, barriers to integration of IUS into IBD care in the United States have included a lack of adoption by leading centers, lack of educational opportunities, and an unclear path for remuneration. This article provides information about the use of IUS in IBD, reviews the data comparing existing modalities of assessment of IBD with IUS, and summarizes strategies to overcome existing barriers to IUS implementation, including the newly available US-based training pathway and appropriate billing practice.
肠道超声(IUS)是一种用于评估肠道炎症的非侵入性且高度可靠的床旁检查工具。它与内窥镜检查和磁共振小肠造影具有相当的准确性。尽管IUS在世界其他地区已被纳入炎症性肠病(IBD)的管理中,但它直到最近才进入美国。然而,在美国将IUS纳入IBD护理的障碍包括领先中心未采用、缺乏教育机会以及薪酬途径不明确。本文提供了有关IUS在IBD中应用的信息,回顾了将IBD现有评估方式与IUS进行比较的数据,并总结了克服IUS实施现有障碍的策略,包括新推出的基于美国的培训途径和适当的计费实践。