Injury Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease After Trauma: A Propensity Score Matched Analysis.
Publication/Presentation Date
7-17-2020
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The clinical course of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) after trauma is largely unknown. We sought to compare the clinical course of patients with IBD to those without.
METHODS: We conducted a retrospective case-control study of adult patients admitted to a level-1 trauma center from January 1, 2008, through October 1, 2015. Seventy-five patients with IBD were identified. Cases were matched to controls by age, sex, injury severity, and mechanism using 4:1 propensity score-matching analysis. Injury characteristics, clinical course, and infectious and noninfectious complications were compared using bivariate and multivariate analysis.
RESULTS: Participants had a mean age of 56 years and mean injury severity score of 15. Of the 75 cases, 44% had ulcerative colitis, 44% had Crohn's disease, and 12% had undetermined type. More cases were on an immunosuppressant (19% vs 2%, P < 0.01) or steroids (8% vs 2%, P = 0.02) on admission compared with controls. More cases had prior abdominal surgery (P = 0.01). Cases had fewer brain injuries (P = 0.02) and higher admission Glasgow Coma Scale (P < 0.01) but required more neurosurgical intervention (P = 0.03). Cases required more orthopedic surgeries (P < 0.01) and more pain management consultations (P = 0.04). In multivariable analysis, IBD was associated with increased odds of operative intervention, pain management consultation, venous thromboembolism, and longer hospital stay (P < 0.05). Patients on immunosuppressants had increased odds of requiring surgery (P = 0.04), particularly orthopedic surgery (P < 0.01).
CONCLUSIONS: Baseline factors associated with inflammatory bowel disease may place patients at higher risk for surgery and complications after trauma.
Volume
26
Issue
8
First Page
1261
Last Page
1267
ISSN
1536-4844
Published In/Presented At
Haac, B. E., Nemirovsky, A., Teeter, W., Geyer, A., Birkett, R. T., Cross, R. K., Engels, M., Stein, D. M., & Bafford, A. C. (2020). Injury Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease After Trauma: A Propensity Score Matched Analysis. Inflammatory bowel diseases, 26(8), 1261–1267. https://doi.org/10.1093/ibd/izz254
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
31633157
Department(s)
Department of Medicine
Document Type
Article