Researchers at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in Florida have developed a formula that generates a number representing the predictive risk for a postsurgical complication in a patient with IBD, according to findings presented at the American College of Gastroenterology.
Researchers looked at 91 patients who underwent a nonemergent intra-abdominal IBD-related surgery from Jan. 1998 to Mar. 2011. Analyzing factors such as demographics, IBD phenotype, nutritional status, medical treatment for IBD and complications after surgery, researchers identified Crohn's disease/ulcerative colitis, age, creatinine, blood urea, sodium, potassium and smoking as risk factors.
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Researchers looked at 91 patients who underwent a nonemergent intra-abdominal IBD-related surgery from Jan. 1998 to Mar. 2011. Analyzing factors such as demographics, IBD phenotype, nutritional status, medical treatment for IBD and complications after surgery, researchers identified Crohn's disease/ulcerative colitis, age, creatinine, blood urea, sodium, potassium and smoking as risk factors.
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