Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Malnutrition was found to be highly prevalent in patients with inflammatory bowel disease and was also found to be associated with adverse sociopsychological status, according to data published in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

In a Healio exclusive video, Tina Aswani Omprakash, a presenter at the Crohn’s and Colitis Congress, shares her experience with cultural competency as it relates to mental health and surgery for inflammatory bowel disease.

The simplified endoscopic mucosal assessment of Crohn’s disease is highly effective in evaluating endoscopic improvement in patients, according to results presented at the Crohn’s and Colitis Congress.

Mirikizumab correlated with a greater reduction in disease severity among patients with ulcerative colitis and moderate to severe Crohn’s disease, according to a poster presentation at the Crohn’s and Colitis Congress.

Corticosteroids plus 5-aminosalicylic acid did not benefit patients with acute, severe ulcerative colitis compared with corticosteroids alone, according to a presenter at the Crohn’s and Colitis Congress.

Patients with inflammatory bowel disease reported improvement in symptoms using a personalized specific carbohydrate diet, according to a presenter at the Crohn’s and Colitis Congress.

Patients with inflammatory bowel disease who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 have a lower risk for adverse events when diagnosed with a breakthrough infection, according to a presenter at the Crohn’s and Colitis Congress.

Therapeutic “de-escalation” relies on analysis of disease-related factors and careful monitoring of pediatric patients with inflammatory bowel disease, according to a presentation at the Crohn’s and Colitis Congress.

Although the rate of surgery for inflammatory bowel disease has declined significantly in the era of biologic therapy, “it is still occurring,” according to a presenter at the Crohn’s and Colitis Congress.

In older patients with inflammatory bowel disease, adverse event rates were comparable between those treated with Stelara and those who received placebo, according to a recent analysis.