International experts in
#bowelultrasonography
/
#IBD
: We focus on education & to make this method more widespread. Tweets bowel US related research and news.
Our members meeting
#ECCO2023
has taken off. Standing room only! With rapidly growing numbers of members, we would like to congratulate
#GiovanniMaconi
for being selected as IBUS’ honorary member
The first US IBUS Module 1 Workshop has started!!
@JeanFredericCo1
providing a roadmap to healing in IBD followed by
@IBDMD
with a personal prospective of why intestinal ultrasound in the US is overdue.
@MountSinaiNYC
Prof Giovanni Maconi lectures o intestinal ultrasounds as a method of detection of post operative recurrence in Crohn’s disease. >3mm is consistent with recurrence. >5.5mm predicts Rutgeerts i3 or i4
Welcoming words of Dr. Bram Verstockt, local organizer of the IBUS Module 1 Workshop in Leuven, Belgium!
We are excited to meet all participants, faculty members, and patients in the upcoming days. See you there!
#IBUS
#Workshop
#Ultrasound
#bowelultrasound
@bverstockt
Oral presentation by
@GormRoager
showing intestinal ultrasound predict short term outcomes, need for surgery and therapeutic response
#UEGWeek
#UEGWeek22
24-year-old woman with ileal and perianal Crohn's disease who presents with right lower quadrant pain and post prandial nausea. She undergoes a point-of-case intestinal ultrasound (IUS) examination. What are the findings on the IUS?
#Caseofthemonth
#crohns
#ultrasound
#IUS
#IBUS
Welcome to Case of the Month!
This is a patient with UC. The small bowel was also imaged. What do you see? What other diagnoses might you consider here?
We are looking forward to our next U.S. based Module 1 hands-on training
@UChicagoIBD
hosted by
@IBDMD
and
@KrugCleveland
. This is a major step towards advancing IUS globally to improve IBD care.
The next intestinal ultrasound training by
@BowelUltrasound
, co-directed by
@IBDMD
and me, will be taking place
@UChicagoIBD
next week. Over 20 international IUS experts will be teaching IUS on live patients. One step closer to getting IUS to all U.S. pts
We have very exciting news to share today: we have partnered with
@alimentiv
to implement IUS central reading services in clinical trials for IBD. This is a HUGE step forward for further implementation of IUS to monitor IBD!
Today, experts from gastroenterology and radiology are meeting for the third round of the Delphi Consensus conference in Sigtuna, Sweden. This meeting concludes the first phase of the EXTENT project.
#IBUS
#ecco2024
A pic of only those remaining at the end of our meet up last night. 9 GI, 6 adult, 3 peds, 5 countries, 3 continents. International collaboration at its best to continue to develop intestinal ultrasound 🗺
#DDW2022
A 24yo male with ileal CD in clinical remission on biologic monotherapy presents for disease assessment with IUS following normal colonoscopy. IUS features suggest he needs treatment escalation or switch of medical therapy. What are the features of active inflammation?
Our own ComCom member
@mariosgkatsaros
demonstrating IUS to be as accurate as ileocolonoscopy for detection of disease activity in Crohns and UC, with the most important parameter being bowel wall thickness
#ECCO2023
An important milestone of >1000 followers! We are so grateful for each and every one of you in contributing to the discussion and being a partner in dissemination of IUS to improve the care of patients with inflammatory bowel disease!
Tomorrow the IBUS Module 1 Workshops will start in Los Angeles! We are so excited to have participants from all around the world join us to start their IBUS educational journey.
#IBUS
#Module1
#Ultrasound
#bowelultrasound
Only two weeks left to apply for Module 1 Hands on Intestinal Ultrasound training in Chicago, March 2023
@UChicagoIBD
hosted by
@IBDMD
and
@KrugCleveland
! Apply now to join the cutting edge of
#IBD
care.
We have some incredible news for those who want to learn intestinal ultrasound:
@KrugCleveland
+
@IBDMD
@UChicagoIBD
will be hosting the next module 1 training course in the USA from 3/16-3/18/23 and applications are now open! Dont miss this opportunity.
Module 3 will officially take place during DDW in Washington D.C. in May 2024. More information regarding date, time, and location will come in the next couple weeks. Please continue to check the IBUS website for any updates.
Starting the 2nd part of our
#ECC02022
Ultrasound workshop, Heba Al Farhan kicks it off by talking about the use of intestinal ultrasound to assess strictures in Crohn’s disease.
Check out our first day in Hyderabad from this past weekend! Our first ever IBUS Module 1 in Asia!
Thank you to all our participants and faculty that made this workshop amazing!
The first video series introducing you to the
@BowelUltrasound
team. Here is an introduction from the current President of the IBUS group, Dr. Christian Maaser. If you ever thought learning intestinal ultrasound for IBD may be for you, consider joining our expanding network.
Join us on Wednesday, March 27th at 3:00 PM CET for the IBUS webinar "Analysis of common mistakes in IUS interpretation: Patients with and without IBD".
This webinar will be presented by:
Dr. Frauke Petersen
Dr. Cathy Lu
A 25-year-old male with recurrent aphthous ulcers in the oral cavity-biopsy compatible with Crohn's disease-is referred to a gastroenterologist for further evaluation. A segment of the terminal ileum can be seen on the ultrasound.
What do you think?
#Caseofthemonth
#IUS
#IBUS
We would like to share a kind message from the hosts of the IBUS Module 1 Workshop in Tokyo, June 21st - 23rd, 2024.
The application is open until Friday, April 26th, 2024.
You can find more information on our website:
#IBUS
#ultrasound
#IUS
We wish it was in person, but our virtual
@BowelUltrasound
members meeting had > 60 participants from 4 continents!! The future for intestinal ultrasound education and research in 2022 and beyond is very bright.
In between scientific sessions at
#ECCO2022
there is time to go over Intestinal ultrasound e-posters. Many posters this year and we created an overview:
We are ready for the 12th Module 1 hands-on workshop starting this week
@UChicagoIBD
! This will be the second workshop in the United States and we hope for many more to follow. Here is program
@IBDMD
@KrugCleveland
IBUS Members here is your chance to share your intestinal Ultrasound Abstracts with us. Please send your ECCO abstracts to office
@bowel
-ultrasound.org by February 14th with the subject line IBUS IUS abstract ECCO 2024.
Special thanks to the patients and volunteer subjects who are here with us at the
@BowelUltrasound
hands on training module. Incredibly generous with their time and abdominal walls!
Historic meeting of
@BowelUltrasound
at the
@HelmsleyTrust
to strategize the efforts in dissemination of Intestinal ultrasound in North America. One of my greatest honors and pleasures to sit at the table with the greatest minds changing the future of of IBD patient care
Starting tomorrow, we will be sharing and summarizing every intestinal ultrasound poster/presentation from
#ECCO2022
! There is so much incredible research advancing the field of IUS from around the world, we are very excited to share it here on twitter.
IBUS module 1 in Italy is underway. Teaching intestinal ultrasound to a group of new gastroenterologists. IUS Experts from Europe, Israel, and Australia seen here working with puppets behind the scenes to do some pre-workshop education together.
Tomorrow the IBUS Module 1 Workshops will start in Leuven! We are excited to welcome participants from around the globe as they start their educational journey with IBUS.
#IBUS
#Workshop
#Ultrasound
#bowelultrasound
Prof. Mariangela Allocca presents her research answering an important question on the responsiveness of the Milan ultrasound criteria to treatment in ulcerative colitis.
#DDW2022
Ahead of
#ECCO2022
starting this week, meet our ComCom, the social media committee members who will be sharing all of the exciting work being presented on the use of intestinal ultrasound for monitoring inflammatory bowel diseases!
Newly elected
@BowelUltrasound
President-Elect Kristina Gesce discusses how to use IUS in Ulcerative Colitis, appreciating bowel wall thickening and enhanced transmural bowel wall hyperemia into the mesentery. This shows the transmural nature of UC!
#ECCO2022
A 30-year-old female with ileal Crohn's disease on biologic treatment presents with elevated CRP (x3 ULN) and mild abdominal pain. She is undergoing bowel ultrasound for evaluation. What do you see?
#caseofthemonth
#crohns
#IBUS
On December 1st we had our 2nd Advanced Workshop - Advancing IBD Care: Contrast-Enhanced Techniques and Intestinal Ultrasound in Post-Surgical Patient!
We want to thank all the speakers, tutors, and participants who joined us and made it a great success.
Mark your calendar! The first IBUS symposium in collaboration with Saudi Gastroenterology Association is coming up, Sept 28, 2023 at King Saud University Medical Center
Please join us on June 14th, 1 PM CET for our expert webinar series: “The utility of IUS during pregnancy, optimal monitoring strategies and case based approaches” by Emma Flanagan (🇦🇺) and
@DrMikeDolinger
(🇺🇸).
Excellent talk (and images) by Krisztina Gecse on fibrosis and the potential role for
@BowelUltrasound
. Yet a lot of work to do on definitions and validation but work is in progress!
#ECCO2022
#POCUS
in the GI clinic is eye opening. 11yo F with 4yr Hx of presumed UC. Progressive mild anemia and mild inflamed colon on endoscopy. Striking contrast of US findings. Moving on to another therapy for this patient with Crohn’s disease.
@BowelUltrasound
@liver4kids
@novakkerri
Our Los Angeles Workshop has come to an end. Thank you to all of the faculty and participants who came from all over the world, that joined us in Los Angeles. You truly made this workshop a great experience.
#LA
#IBUS
#Workshop
We are thrilled to bring the first intestinal ultrasound hands-on workshop to the USA, this weekend
@MSHS_IBDCenter
Volunteer patients interested in participating please DM
@DrMikeDolinger
This wknd (10/1-2), We are hosting the 1st
@BowelUltrasound
hands-on course
@IcahnMountSinai
to begin training IBD experts in intestinal ultrasound in the USA. We are still 👀 for volunteers with CD or UC (adult or ped) to join. DM me if interested to help with IUS adoption.
Every year the IBUS group and
#ECCO
support new initiatives bringing
#bowelultrasound
forward! Applications are open now so submit your application before October 31st. More information on the IBUS-ECCO grant here:
63 year old man with a history of Crohn's disease on adalimumab present for an intestinal ultrasound for disease assessment. This is a cineloop to the terminal ileum. What does it show?
#caseofthemonth
#crohns
#IBUS
#IUS
The
#bowelultrasound
curriculum continues in 2022 with 2 in-person Module 1 Workshops in Milan (May) and New York (September)
@DrMikeDolinger
. Applications are now open! More information here:
There are > 20!! intestinal ultrasound oral and poster presentations at
#ECCO2022
. Get excited as we will be covering every single one for you. Introducing some of the latest research from members + others and answering any questions you may have. Here is a preview!
🚤 to an 🏝 in Lake Maggiore for our post day 1 conference dinner. It’s very nice to be back in person, sharing a meal, and exchanging ideas and collaboration over a beautiful dinner at lake maggiore! 🇮🇹
#IBUSModule1
We are thrilled with the growth of intestinal ultrasound in the United States! Thank you for training centers who help us get intestinal ultrasound to all
#IBD
patients
Finding the ileocolic anastomosis can be a challenge. Giovanni Maconi recommends starting IUS at the transverse colon in patients who have undergone ileocolic resection.
#ECCO2022
Intestinal Ultrasound finally getting the spotlight in the USA on
@MondayNightIBD
. Congrats to
@malloc_doc
for leading a wonderful discussion. For more information on learning intestinal ultrasound visit !
Want to learn intestinal ultrasound? We offer an interactive virtual workshop December 5th-6th 2020 with interesting topics and hands-on cases. Apply before October 30th. Click the link for more information
Dear IBUS members, we would like to invite you to share with us your accepted bowel ultrasound abstracts to the ECCO’23 Congress so we can feature them on our social media platforms during the meeting. Note, the first or senior author need to be active members of IBUS. Due 2/20!
The IBUS Module 1 has arrived in Amsterdam. Hosted by Krisztina Gecse and Floris de Voogd together with plenty of international speakers we will touch upon all aspects of
#bowelultrasound
in talks and handson sessions. Let's start your intestinal ultrasound experience now!
Deadline to Module 1 in Lüneburg, Germany June 2nd-4th, 2023 is fast approaching! Medical Leads are
Prof. Christian Maaser and Prof. Torsten Kucharzik. Apply by Friday March 10th, 2023.
Part 2 of our IBUS experts video series is a video from Prof. Torsten Kucharzik from Germany who has been using IUS for real-time IBD decision making for 25 years! For more IUS updates follow our instagram too
@BowelUltrasound
Standardized reporting and documentation of intestinal ultrasound examinations is critical. Torsten Kucharzik discusses how to effectively do this in clinical practice and research, with consideration of complications and special exams such as perianal CD.
#ECCO2022
Giovanni Maconi 🇮🇹, a 🗺 expert in IUS and co-host of module 1, follows a talk on pediatric IUS w/ the use of IUS to 🔦 post-operative recurrence. Here he is discussing how to identify the ileocolic anastomosis after surgery.
Finding the terminal ileum and ICV is not so easy, and definitely not always where we think it will be. Giovanni Maconi is teaching intestinal ultrasound tips and tricks to optimize the assessment!
#ECCO2022
An excellent final evening meal for the end of module 1 in 🇮🇹. The exchange of ideas and supportive environment to bring new skills learned back home all over the world is incredible. We thank all of the participants, hosts and sponsors for this wonderful course!
Thank you
@HelmsleyTrust
for your hospitality and generosity. We will continue to work to advance the science and education of intestinal ultrasound to improve the care of patients with IBD.
The IBUS Group just published this systematic review with an expert consensus panel defining
#bowelultrasound
parameters for response and remission in IBD. Read it here: