Long-term outcomes of pediatric inflammatory bowel disease Nasiri S1, Kuenzig ME2, Benchimol EI3. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2017 Dec;26(6):398-404. doi: 10.1053/j.sempedsurg.2017.10.010. Epub 2017 Oct 5. |
Author information 1 Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, CHEO Inflammatory Bowel Disease Centre, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, 401 Smyth Rd, Ottawa, Canada K1H 8L1. 2 Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, CHEO Inflammatory Bowel Disease Centre, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, 401 Smyth Rd, Ottawa, Canada K1H 8L1; Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Ottawa, Canada. 3 Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, CHEO Inflammatory Bowel Disease Centre, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, 401 Smyth Rd, Ottawa, Canada K1H 8L1; Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Ottawa, Canada; Department of Pediatrics and School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada. Electronic address: ebenchimol@cheo.on.ca. Abstract The incidence and prevalence of childhood-onset inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), including subtypes Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, have risen dramatically in recent years, and have emerged globally as important pediatric chronic diseases. Therefore, health care providers are more frequently encountering very young children with IBD, a chronic and incurable condition requiring life-long therapy. These children are living long lives with IBD and therefore knowledge of long-term outcomes is increasingly important to better counsel families and determine the best course of treatment. This review summarizes the current knowledge and literature surrounding long-term outcomes of pediatric IBD, with emphasis on the following areas: need for surgery due to complicated disease behavior, risk of disease remission and recurrence, mental health and psychosocial well-being, educational outcomes, linear growth impairment, cancer risk, and mortality. In addition, we review recent research about predicting negative long-term outcomes in children with IBD. |
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