A study published in Arthritis & Rheumatism suggests that rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with glucocorticoids and patients with a history of diverticulitis are at a higher risk for GI perforation.
The researchers looked at RA patients in administrative databases of a large U.S. health plan to generate data. They found seventy percent of patients with GI perforation were either treated with glucocorticoids, had "antecedent" diverticulitis—or both.
However, the rate of RA patients with GI perforation was small, occurring in 37 out of the 40,841 patients studied.
Read the abstract on GI perforation in rheumatoid arthritis patients.
Read more coverage on GI perforation:
- Study Measures Time Span for Reporting Post-Colonoscopy Perforation and Bleeding
- 10 Recent Findings on GI Quality Issues
- Study: Over-the-Scope Endoclips May Be Least Invasive Way to Close Small GI Perforations
The researchers looked at RA patients in administrative databases of a large U.S. health plan to generate data. They found seventy percent of patients with GI perforation were either treated with glucocorticoids, had "antecedent" diverticulitis—or both.
However, the rate of RA patients with GI perforation was small, occurring in 37 out of the 40,841 patients studied.
Read the abstract on GI perforation in rheumatoid arthritis patients.
Read more coverage on GI perforation:
- Study Measures Time Span for Reporting Post-Colonoscopy Perforation and Bleeding
- 10 Recent Findings on GI Quality Issues
- Study: Over-the-Scope Endoclips May Be Least Invasive Way to Close Small GI Perforations