Search results for "Inflammatory bowel disease"
Telemedicine app reduced gastroenterology visits for inflammatory bowel disease
The trial, which was conducted at multiple sites in the Netherlands, randomly assigned outpatients ages 18 to 75 years with inflammatory bowel disease without an ileoanal or ileorectal pouch system to standard care or the telemedicine system.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2017/07/28/1.htm
28 Jul 2017
Inflammatory bowel disease in childhood linked to increased cancer risk
A study in Sweden matched 9,405 incident cases of childhood-onset inflammatory bowel disease with 92,870 comparators from the general population and followed participants through adulthood until a median age of 27 years.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2017/10/27/1.htm
27 Oct 2017
Antidepressants may mitigate link between inflammatory bowel disease and depression
Patients with depression had more than double the risk of developing Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis over a median follow-up of more than six years.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2018/10/26/3.htm
26 Oct 2018
Hints for preventive care in inflammatory bowel disease
Age-appropriate, up-to-date vaccination is key.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2019/04/26/7.htm
26 Apr 2019
Inflammatory bowel disease associated with higher risk for dementia
Patients with inflammatory bowel disease were diagnosed with dementia an average of seven years earlier than matched controls in a Taiwanese study.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2020/06/26/2.htm
26 Jun 2020
MKSAP Quiz: Watery, nonbloody diarrhea and abdominal pain
This month's quiz asks readers to determine the most appropriate diagnostic test to perform in a 25-year-old patient with watery, nonbloody diarrhea of 9 months' duration, usually accompanied by abdominal pain in the periumbilical area or left lower quadrant.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2022/04/22/4.htm
22 Apr 2022
IV iron regimens compared for serum phosphate effects in patients with IBD
Ferric carboxymaltose and ferric derisomaltose worked well to resolve anemia from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), but the former was associated with low serum phosphate levels, according to an industry-funded trial.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2022/09/23/2.htm
23 Sep 2022
Spotlight on surgical management of IBD
One recent study found that Black patients are at increased risk of morbidity after surgery for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), while another found benefit of early surgery after diagnosis in certain patients.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2022/10/28/5.htm
28 Oct 2022
In active UC, upadacitinib induced and maintained remission
JAK inhibitors, such as upadacitinib, represent an advance in the management of patients with ulcerative colitis (UC); however, it remains unclear whether the balance of efficacy versus risk favors one drug over the others, according to an ACP Journal Club commentary.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2022/10/28/11.htm
28 Oct 2022
Continuing anti-TNF therapy in pregnancy appears beneficial for patients with IBD
A French target trial emulation, which refers to the use of observational data to mimic a randomized controlled trial, found that maternal relapse of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and premature births were less common when patients continued anti-tumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF) therapy after 24 weeks of pregnancy than when the drugs were discontinued.
https://gastroenterology.acponline.org/archives/2022/10/28/8.htm
28 Oct 2022