Exclusive Enteral Nutrition in Patients With Ileocaecal Crohn's Disease

35kcal/kg/day for every patient

"* Budesonide 9mg/day for mild disease~* Prednisolone 1mg/kg, maximum 40mg/day in decreasing doses (40mg for 4 weeks followed by a fixed taper for 6 weeks) for moderate-to-severe disease for 12 weeks.~* Patients with moderate to severe disease in the steroid group will also receive 2mg/kg azathioprine. The dose of azathioprine will be adjusted according to abnormalities of white blood cell (WBC) count, platelet count, liver function tests (LFTs; i.e. alanine transaminase \[ALT\], aspartate transaminase \[AST\], alkaline phosphatase), lipase, blood urea nitrogen (BUN), and serum creatinine."