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Krasnovsky L, Weber AT, Gershuni V, Pettke E, Lewis JD. Preoperative Exclusive Enteral Nutrition Is Associated With Reduced Skin and Soft Tissue and Intra-abdominal Infections in Patients With Crohn's Disease Undergoing Intestinal Surgery: Results from a Meta-Analysis. Inflamm Bowel Dis 2024:izad304. [PMID: 38262631 DOI: 10.1093/ibd/izad304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2023] [Indexed: 01/25/2024]
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BACKGROUND Malnutrition is an independent risk factor for adverse postoperative outcomes and is common among patients with Crohn's disease (CD). The objective of this meta-analysis was to precisely quantify the association of preoperative exclusive enteral nutrition (EEN) and total parenteral nutrition (TPN) with surgical outcomes in patients undergoing intestinal surgery for CD. METHODS PubMed, Embase, and Scopus were queried for comparative studies evaluating the impact of preoperative nutritional support on postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing surgery for CD. Random effects modeling was used to compute pooled estimates of risk difference. Heterogeneity was assessed using I2. RESULTS Fourteen studies, all nonrandomized cohort studies, met inclusion criteria for studying EEN. After pooling data from 14 studies (874 EEN treated and 1044 control patients), the relative risk of intra-abdominal septic complications was decreased 2.1-fold in patients receiving preoperative EEN (relative risk 0.47, 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.35-0.63, I2 = 0.0%). After pooling data from 9 studies (638 EEN treated and 819 control patients), the risk of skin and soft tissue infection was decreased 1.6-fold (relative risk 0.63; 95% CI, 0.42-0.94, I2 = 42.7%). No significant differences were identified in duration of surgery, length of bowel resected, or operative blood loss. Among the 9 studies investigating TPN, no significant differences were identified in infectious outcomes. CONCLUSIONS Preoperative nutritional optimization with EEN was associated with reduced risk of infectious complications in CD patients undergoing intestinal surgery. Preoperative nutritional support with EEN should be considered for optimizing outcomes in CD patients requiring bowel resection surgery.
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- Lev Krasnovsky
- Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Fansiwala K, Shah ND, McNulty KA, Kwaan MR, Limketkai BN. Use of oral diet and nutrition support in management of stricturing and fistulizing Crohn's disease. Nutr Clin Pract 2023; 38:1282-1295. [PMID: 37667524 DOI: 10.1002/ncp.11068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2023] [Revised: 07/25/2023] [Accepted: 08/06/2023] [Indexed: 09/06/2023] Open
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Crohn's disease (CD), a form of inflammatory bowel disease, involves chronic inflammation within the gastrointestinal tract. Intestinal strictures and fistulas are common complications of CD with varying severity in their presentations. Modifications in oral diet or use of exclusive enteral nutrition (EEN) are common approaches to manage both stricturing and fistulizing disease, although supporting research evidence is generally limited. In the preoperative period, there is strong evidence that EEN can reduce surgical complications. Parenteral nutrition (PN) is often utilized in the management of enterocutaneous fistulas, given that oral diet and EEN may potentially increase output in proximal fistulas. This narrative review highlights the current practices and evidence for the roles of oral diet, EEN, and PN in treatment and management of stricturing and fistulizing CD.
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- Kush Fansiwala
- Vatche & Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Colitis and Crohn's Disease Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Vatche & Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Vatche & Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Traiki TAB, Alshammari SA, Aljomah NA, Alsalouli MM, Altawil ES, Abdulla MH, Alhassan NS, Alkhayal KA. The impact of preoperative total parenteral nutrition on the surgical complications of Crohn's disease: A retrospective cohort study. Saudi J Gastroenterol 2022:366286. [PMID: 36588367 DOI: 10.4103/sjg.sjg_425_22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Crohn's disease (CD) is associated with malnutrition, an independent risk factor for surgical morbidity and mortality in more than 65% of patients, with a significant impact on disease outcomes. In this single-center retrospective cohort study, we aimed to investigate the impact of total parenteral nutrition (TPN) on the surgical outcomes of patients with CD. METHODS This study included patients with CD who underwent abdominal surgery. We compared patients who received preoperative total parenteral nutrition (TPN group) to those who did not (non-TPN group). Prolonged oral intolerance, albumin level <30 g/L, and body mass index <18.5 were the main indications for TPN. We evaluated postoperative surgical complications in both groups. RESULTS Between January 2010 and October 2018, 169 eligible patients underwent abdominal surgery. The TPN and non-TPN groups included 40 and 129 patients, respectively. The mean albumin level was significantly lower in the TPN group (P = 0.013). Laparoscopic surgery was performed in 76.9% of the patients, with a conversion rate of 11.6%. Infectious and non-infectious complications developed in 8.9% and 16% of patients, respectively. Surgical complications were comparable between the groups (P >0.05). CONCLUSIONS Despite oral intake intolerance and severe disease in the TPN group, the surgical complications were comparable between the groups.
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- Thamer A Bin Traiki
- Department of Surgery, Colorectal Research Chair, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Surgery, Colorectal Research Chair, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Pharmacy Department, Clinical Pharmacy Services, King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Surgery, Colorectal Research Chair, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Surgery, Colorectal Research Chair, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Surgery, Colorectal Research Chair, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Bak MTJ, Ruiterkamp MFE, van Ruler O, Campmans-Kuijpers MJE, Bongers BC, van Meeteren NLU, van der Woude CJ, Stassen LPS, de Vries AC. Prehabilitation prior to intestinal resection in Crohn’s disease patients: An opinion review. World J Gastroenterol 2022; 28:2403-2416. [PMID: 35979261 PMCID: PMC9258284 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v28.i22.2403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2022] [Revised: 03/21/2022] [Accepted: 05/22/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Patients with Crohn’s disease (CD) are at a considerable risk for intestinal surgery. Approximately 25% of patients with CD will undergo an intestinal resection within 10 years of diagnosis. Postoperative complications after CD surgery have been reported in 20%-47% of the patients. Both general and CD-related risk factors are associated with postoperative complications, and comprise non-modifiable (e.g., age) and potentially modifiable risk factors (e.g., malnutrition). Prehabilitation focuses on the preoperative period with strategies designed to optimize modifiable risk factors concerning the physical and mental condition of the individual patient. The aim of prehabilitation is to enhance postoperative recovery and return to or even improve preoperative functional capacity. Preoperative improvement of nutritional status, physical fitness, cessation of smoking, psychological support, and critical revision of preoperative use of CD medication are important strategies. Studies of the effect on postoperative outcome in CD patients are scarce, and guidelines lack recommendations on tailored management. In this opinion review, we review the current evidence on the impact of screening and management of nutritional status, physical fitness, CD medication and laboratory values on the postoperative course following an intestinal resection in CD patients. In addition, we aim to provide guidance for individualized multimodal prehabilitation in clinical practice concerning these modifiable factors.
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- Michiel T J Bak
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam 3015 GD, Netherlands
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam 3015 GD, Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, IJsselland Hospital, Capelle aan den IJssel 2906 ZC, Netherlands
- Department of Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam 3015 GD, Netherlands
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Medical Center Groningen and University of Groningen, Groningen 9713 GZ, Netherlands
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- Department of Nutrition and Movement Sciences, School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University, Maastricht 6200 MD, Netherlands
- Department of Epidemiology, Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, Maastricht 6200 MD, Netherlands
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam 3015 GD, Netherlands
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam 3015 GD, Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht 6229 HX, Netherlands
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam 3015 GD, Netherlands
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Zuo L, Cao L, Ding C, Tu H, Wei C, Yuan L, Wang H, Zhang B. Strategy to small intestine obstruction caused by Crohn's disease on the basis of transnasal ileus tube insertion. BMC Surg 2022; 22:183. [PMID: 35568851 PMCID: PMC9107679 DOI: 10.1186/s12893-022-01632-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2022] [Accepted: 05/05/2022] [Indexed: 08/30/2023] Open
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Background Previous studies reported that transnasal ileus tube was a new and useful method for rapid relief of small intestinal obstruction. However, no study reported the impacts of the transnasal ileus tube for Crohn’s disease combined with intestinal obstruction. We aimed to describe the strategy to the small intestine obstruction caused by Crohn’s disease on the basis of transnasal ileus tube insertion. Methods From November 2019 to November 2021, the data of 6 hospitalized patients with CD, diagnosed and conservatively treated in The Second Hospital of Nanjing, were not relived and retrospectively collected. After the insertion of transnasal ileus tube, demographic information, clinical features and treatment data were extracted from medical records. Results Six Crohn’s disease patients with intestinal obstruction were included. Half of them were male. The patients aged from 29 to 70 years. Five patients had chronic intestinal obstruction more than one year. Three patients had intestinal surgery history. One patient had colonic abdominal fistula and anastomotic fistula, when she took intermittent usage of sulfsalazine and steroid. On admission, all the patients had abdominal pain, distention and mass. Five patients had anemia, low albumin and cholinesterase. All CDAI scores were more than 400. Compared to 19 patients with incomplete intestinal obstruction improved by nasogastric decompression tube, 6 patients with intestinal obstruction catheter had significant difference in time for relieving abdominal pain and distension (p = 0.003), time for alleviating abnormal mass (p ≤ 0.01), drainage volume (p = 0.004), and preoperative CDAI score (p = 0.001). Compared with X-ray image before insertion, complete remission of obstruction of 5 patients were observed in intestinal cavity after insertion. After 1–2 months nutrition, all the patients had small intestine resection and ileostomy, half of them underwent colectomy and fistula repair, and 4 patients were performed enterolysis at the same time, the residual small intestine length ranging from 250 to 400 cm. 1 patient had permanent ileostomy;1 patient had abdominal infection after operation. The typical manifestations of acute and chronic inflammation, transmural inflammation, pseudopolyps and serous fiber hyperplasia could be seen in pathological findings of patients 1 to 5. All the patients continued enteral nutrition after surgery. Four patients were treated with infliximab or vedolizumab. Conclusion The current intestinal obstruction catheter which is used to treat patients with Crohn's combined obstruction can afford quick clinical remission, longer nutrition time, and suitable preoperative CDAI score for operation, which is worthy of wildly being used.
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- Lingyun Zuo
- Department of Gastroenterology, The Second Hospital of Nanjing, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, 1 Zhongfu Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of General Surgery, Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The Second Hospital of Nanjing, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, 1 Zhongfu Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The Second Hospital of Nanjing, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, 1 Zhongfu Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The Second Hospital of Nanjing, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, 1 Zhongfu Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Radiology, The Second Hospital of Nanjing, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The Second Hospital of Nanjing, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, 1 Zhongfu Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The Second Hospital of Nanjing, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, 1 Zhongfu Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
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Bertani L, Ribaldone DG, Bellini M, Mumolo MG, Costa F. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: Is There a Role for Nutritional Suggestions? Nutrients 2021; 13:nu13041387. [PMID: 33924119 PMCID: PMC8074318 DOI: 10.3390/nu13041387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2021] [Revised: 04/17/2021] [Accepted: 04/18/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Nutrition has an important impact on inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). In particular, several studies have addressed its role in their pathogenesis, showing how the incidence of IBD significantly increased in recent years. Meanwhile, nutrition should be considered a component of the treatment of the disease, both as a therapy itself, and especially in the perspective of correcting the various nutritional deficiencies shown by these patients. In this perspective, nutritional suggestions are very important even in the most severe forms of IBD, requiring hospitalization or surgical treatment. Although current knowledge about nutrition in IBD is increasing over time, nutritional suggestions are often underestimated by clinicians. This narrative review is an update summary of current knowledge on nutritional suggestions in IBD, in order to address the impact of nutrition on pathogenesis, micro- and macro-nutrients deficiencies (especially in the case of sarcopenia and obesity), as well as in hospitalized patients.
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- Lorenzo Bertani
- Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, 56100 Pisa, Italy; (L.B.); (M.B.)
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- Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, 56100 Pisa, Italy; (L.B.); (M.B.)
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- IBD Unit, Department of General Surgery and Gastroenterology, Pisa University Hospital, 56124 Pisa, Italy;
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- IBD Unit, Department of General Surgery and Gastroenterology, Pisa University Hospital, 56124 Pisa, Italy;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +39-050-997-392
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The purpose of this article is to provide an updated review of the definition, prevalence, causes, and clinical management of malnutrition in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Prevalence of malnutrition in IBD is estimated to be between 6.1% and 69.7% depending on the definition used, the type of IBD, the clinical setting, and whether the IBD is active or in remission. Whereas older definitions of malnutrition have been found to be correlated with mortality and length of hospital stay, the more recent European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN) 2015 and the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) definitions provide significantly different prevalence estimates of malnutrition when applied to the same patient population, and further work is needed to validate these two definitions against clinical outcomes. In patients with IBD with identified malnutrition, oral nutrition supplementation, enteral nutrition, or parenteral nutrition should be started. In malnourished patients with Crohn's disease undergoing surgery, preoperative enteral nutrition has been demonstrated to reduce the rate of postoperative complications. Overall, patients with IBD are at significant risk for malnutrition and should be screened for malnutrition by using a validated screening tool. The management of malnutrition in IBD is complex, and studies are often limited in their size or their ability to demonstrate an improvement in clinical outcomes based on specific nutrition-related interventions. Future studies particularly regarding the validation of new screening tools and perioperative management of malnutrition may provide insight into the standardization of diagnosis and management of malnutrition in IBD.
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- Austin Lin
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Adamina M, Gerasimidis K, Sigall-Boneh R, Zmora O, de Buck van Overstraeten A, Campmans-Kuijpers M, Ellul P, Katsanos K, Kotze PG, Noor N, Schäfli-Thurnherr J, Vavricka S, Wall C, Wierdsma N, Yassin N, Lomer M. Perioperative Dietary Therapy in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. J Crohns Colitis 2020; 14:431-444. [PMID: 31550347 DOI: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjz160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS The incidence of inflammatory bowel disease [IBD] is rising worldwide and no cure is available. Many patients require surgery and they often present with nutritional deficiencies. Although randomised controlled trials of dietary therapy are lacking, expert IBD centres have long-established interdisciplinary care, including tailored nutritional therapy, to optimise clinical outcomes and resource utilisation. This topical review aims to share expertise and offers current practice recommendations to optimise outcomes of IBD patients who undergo surgery. METHODS A consensus expert panel consisting of dietitians, surgeons, and gastroenterologists, convened by the European Crohn's and Colitis Organisation, performed a systematic literature review. Nutritional evaluation and dietary needs, perioperative optimis ation, surgical complications, long-term needs, and special situations were critically appraised. Statements were developed using a Delphi methodology incorporating three successive rounds. Current practice positions were set when ≥80% of participants agreed on a recommendation. RESULTS A total of 26 current practice positions were formulated which address the needs of IBD patients perioperatively and in the long term following surgery. Routine screening, perioperative optimisation by oral, enteral, or parenteral nutrition, dietary fibre, and supplements were reviewed. IBD-specific situations, including management of patients with a restorative proctocolectomy, an ostomy, strictures, or short-bowel syndrome, were addressed. CONCLUSIONS Perioperative dietary therapy improves the outcomes of IBD patients who undergo a surgical procedure. This topical review shares interdisciplinary expertise and provides guidance to optimise the outcomes of patients with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. taking advantage of contemporary nutrition science.
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- Michel Adamina
- Department of Surgery, Cantonal Hospital Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland.,University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Human Nutrition, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK
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- PIBD Research Center, Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition Unit, Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, Israel.,Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Surgery, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Mater Dei Hospital, Msida, Malta
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- Colorectal Surgery Unit, Catholic University of Paraná [PUCPR], Curitiba, Brazil
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Surgery, Kantonsspital Winterthur, Winerthur, Switzerland
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, King's College London, London, UK
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- Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Amsterdam UMC, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, Wolverhampton Hospital, Wolverhampton, UK
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, King's College London, London, UK.,Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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Yoon JY. Nutritional approach as therapeutic manipulation in inflammatory bowel disease. Intest Res 2019; 17:463-475. [PMID: 31665832 PMCID: PMC6821940 DOI: 10.5217/ir.2019.00078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2019] [Accepted: 08/07/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Malnutrition is observed more frequently in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) than in the general population and associated with adverse clinical outcomes. This study aimed to review the current knowledge regarding the efficacy of dietary and nutritional intervention in IBD patients. Exclusive enteral nutrition might be inferior to corticosteroid treatment in adults with active Crohn’s disease (CD) but might even be superior considering the adverse effects of corticosteroid treatment in children. Total parenteral nutrition has no advantage over enteral nutrition, which is considered a more physiologic modality in organ function. Current guidelines do not yet recommend ω3-polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation for the prevention and maintenance of remission in IBD patients. Dietary fiber supplementation could be effective in the relief of symptoms and maintenance of remission in ulcerative colitis (UC). Although vitamin D may be favorable to clinical course of IBD and bone density. Probiotic supplementation has proven to be effective in preventing and treating pouchitis for UC but is less effective in treating CD. Nutritional interventions not only correct nutritional deficiencies but also improve symptoms and clinical courses of the disease. Hence, nutritional approaches need to be developed to significantly evaluate the effectiveness of dietary interventions used to treat IBD.
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- Jin Young Yoon
- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Stoner PL, Kamel A, Ayoub F, Tan S, Iqbal A, Glover SC, Zimmermann EM. Perioperative Care of Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Focus on Nutritional Support. Gastroenterol Res Pract 2018; 2018:7890161. [PMID: 30344603 PMCID: PMC6174741 DOI: 10.1155/2018/7890161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2018] [Accepted: 08/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) commonly require surgery despite the availability of an increasingly large repertoire of powerful immunosuppressive medications for the treatment of IBD. Optimizing patients' care preoperatively is crucial to obtaining good surgical outcomes. This review discusses preoperative assessment and management principles including assessing disease location and activity with cross-sectional or endoscopic imaging, addressing modifiable risk factors (i.e., stopping smoking, weaning steroids, and correcting anemia), and properly managing medications. The major focus of our literature review is the evaluation for malnutrition, a common finding that affects up to 70% of patients with IBD and a well-known, independent risk factor for adverse postoperative outcomes. Our review confirms that whenever feasible, oral or enteral nutrition (EN) is the preferred method of nutritional support; parenteral nutrition (PN) should be reserved for nutritionally deficient IBD patients unable to tolerate EN. In selected patients, recent data demonstrated that the use of preoperative PN resulted in improved nutritional status, fewer postoperative complications, and reduced disease severity. Our review highlights the need for well-designed, prospective trials investigating perioperative nutritional support in patients with IBD. Future studies should perform modern nutritional assessment, standardize for diet, and include patients with UC since this subset of patients is underrepresented in existing studies. In addition, relevant outcome of interest specific to Crohn's disease (CD) patients such as length of small bowel resected, number of anastomoses, and need for an ostomy should be included as these patients may require repeated small bowel resections.
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- Patrick L. Stoner
- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Florida, 2000 SW Archer Rd, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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- Department of Pharmacotherapy, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, 2000 SW Archer Rd, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Florida, 2000 SW Archer Rd, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Colorectal Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Florida, 2000 SW Archer Rd, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Colorectal Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Florida, 2000 SW Archer Rd, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Florida, 2000 SW Archer Rd, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Florida, 2000 SW Archer Rd, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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Ayoub F, Kamel AY, Ouni A, Chaudhry N, Ader Y, Tan S, Iqbal A, Zimmermann EM, Glover SC. Pre-operative total parenteral nutrition improves post-operative outcomes in a subset of Crohn's disease patients undergoing major abdominal surgery. Gastroenterol Rep (Oxf) 2018; 7:107-114. [PMID: 30976423 PMCID: PMC6454845 DOI: 10.1093/gastro/goy033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2018] [Revised: 05/16/2018] [Accepted: 05/31/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Background Despite major advances in the medical management of Crohn’s disease (CD), a significant proportion of patients will require surgery within 5 years of diagnosis. Malnutrition is an independent risk factor for adverse post-operative outcomes following gastrointestinal surgery. Data on the value of pre-operative total parenteral nutrition (TPN) in CD patients are mixed and there is a paucity of data in the biologic era. We aimed to define the role of pre-operative TPN in this population. Methods This was a retrospective cohort study conducted at a tertiary referral center. CD patients who underwent major abdominal surgery were identified. Patients receiving pre-operative TPN were compared to controls. We compared the incidence of 30-day infectious and non-infectious post-operative complications between the two groups. Results A total of 144 CD patients who underwent major abdominal surgery between March 2007 and March 2017 were included. Fifty-five patients who received pre-operative TPN were compared to 89 controls. Twenty-one (14.6%) patients developed infectious complications (18.2% in TPN group vs 12.3% in non-TPN group, P = 0.34) and 23 (15.9%) developed non-infectious complications (14.5% in TPN group vs 16.9% in non-TPN group, P = 0.71). In a multivariate analysis, controlling for differences in baseline disease severity and malnutrition between groups, patients receiving pre-operative TPN for ≥60 days had significantly lower odds of developing non-infectious complications (odds ratio 0.07, 95% confidence interval: 0.01–0.80, P = 0.03). Weight loss of >10% in the past 6 months was a significant predictor of post-operative complications. Conclusions In a subset of malnourished CD patients, TPN is safe and allows comparable operative outcomes to controls. Pre-operative TPN for ≥60 days reduced post-operative non-infectious complications without associated increase in infectious complications.
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- Fares Ayoub
- Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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Does preoperative enteral or parenteral nutrition reduce postoperative complications in Crohn's disease patients: a meta-analysis. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2018; 30:997-1002. [PMID: 29738326 DOI: 10.1097/meg.0000000000001162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Crohn's disease (CD) patients frequently develop complications that require surgery for management. The high prevalence of malnutrition in CD patients presents a challenge because poor preoperative nutritional status has been shown to increase postoperative complications. In this study, we assessed whether preoperative enteral nutrition (EN) or total parenteral nutrition (TPN) decreases postoperative complications in CD patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS A three-point systematic and comprehensive literature search was carried out on multiple databases followed by a meta-analysis with results presented as odds ratio (OR) using two models, the Mantel-Haenszel model and the DerSimonian and Laird model. The I measure of inconsistency was utilized to assess heterogeneity. If statistically significant heterogeneity was identified, the results underwent a separate sensitivity analysis. RESULTS Five studies met inclusion criteria totaling 1111 CD patients. The rate of postoperative complications in the group receiving preoperative nutrition (EN or TPN) support was 20.0% compared with 61.3% in the group who had standard care without nutrition support [OR=0.26, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.07-0.99, P<0.001]. Postoperative complications occurred in 15.0% of patients in the group who received preoperative TPN compared with 24.4% in the group who did not (OR=0.65, 95% CI: 0.23-1.88, P=0.43). Postoperative complications occurred in 21.9% in the group who received preoperative EN compared with 73.2% in the group that did not received preoperative EN (OR=0.09, 95% CI: 0.06-0.13, P<0.001). CONCLUSION Preoperative nutrition supplementation reduces postoperative complications in CD patients. In particular, EN in CD patients before undergoing surgery is superior to standard of care without nutrition support with a number needed to treat of 2. There is a trend toward TPN being superior to standard of care without nutrition support, but this trend did not reach statistical significance. Further studies are necessary to evaluate specific components in EN or TPN that may be most beneficial for CD patients requiring surgical intervention.
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Hendel K, Kjærgaard S, El-Hussuna A. A systematic review of pre, peri and postoperative factors and their implications for the lengths of resected bowel segments in patients with Crohn's disease. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SURGERY OPEN 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijso.2017.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The majority of patients with Crohn's disease require abdominal surgery during their lifetime, some of whom will require multiple operations. Postoperative complications are seen more frequently in patients requiring abdominal surgery for Crohn's disease than in patients requiring abdominal surgery for other conditions. In this article, we review the evidence supporting preoperative optimization, discussing strategies that potentially improve surgical outcomes and reduce perioperative morbidity and mortality. We discuss the roles of adequate cross-sectional imaging, nutritional optimization, appropriate adjustments of medical therapy, management of preoperative abscesses and phlegmons, smoking cessation and thromboembolic prophylaxis. We also review operation-related factors, and discuss their potential implications with respect to postoperative complications. Overall, the literature suggests that preoperative management has a major effect on postoperative outcomes.
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Nguyen DL, Limketkai B, Medici V, Saire Mendoza M, Palmer L, Bechtold M. Nutritional Strategies in the Management of Adult Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Dietary Considerations from Active Disease to Disease Remission. Curr Gastroenterol Rep 2016; 18:55. [PMID: 27637649 DOI: 10.1007/s11894-016-0527-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a group of chronic, lifelong, and relapsing illnesses, such as ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, which involve the gastrointestinal tract. There is no cure for these diseases, but combined pharmacological and nutritional therapy can induce remission and maintain clinical remission. Malnutrition and nutritional deficiencies among IBD patients result in poor clinical outcomes such as growth failure, reduced response to pharmacotherapy, increased risk for sepsis, and mortality. The aim of this review is to highlight the consequences of malnutrition in the management of IBD and describe nutritional interventions to facilitate induction of remission as well as maintenance; we will also discuss alternative delivery methods to improve nutritional status preoperatively.
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- Douglas L Nguyen
- Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of California-Irvine Medical Center, 101 The City Drive, Orange, CA, 92868, USA.
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- Department of Medicine, Stanford University, 300 Pasteur Dr, Palo Alto, CA, 94304, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California-Davis, 2315 Stockton Blvd, Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Ochsner Clinic, 1514 Jefferson Hwy, New Orleans, LA, 70121, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Loyola University, 2160 S First Ave, Maywood, IL, 60153, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1 Hospital Dr, Columbia, MO, 65201, USA
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Sangster W, Berg AS, Choi CS, Connelly TM, Chesnut CH, Koltun WA, Stewart DB. Outcomes of early ileocolectomy after percutaneous drainage for perforated ileocolic Crohn's disease. Am J Surg 2016; 212:728-734. [PMID: 27262753 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2016.01.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2015] [Revised: 01/22/2016] [Accepted: 01/27/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND The optimal treatment for an intra-abdominal abscess/infection secondary to perforating ileocolic Crohn's disease (PCD) is unclear. METHODS Forty-seven consecutive PCD patients treated via an institutional protocol of ileocolectomy after a 7-day period of percutaneous abscess drainage were retrospectively compared with 160 consecutive patients who underwent an elective ileocolectomy for Crohn's disease (ECD) between 1992 and 2014. Outcomes were compared using univariate analysis and propensity score matching. RESULTS Univariate analysis demonstrated significant differences in ileostomy rates (PCD: 48.9% vs ECD: 18.8%; P = .001), 30-day readmissions (PCD: 38.3% vs ECD: 18.8%; P = .01), and overall 30-day postoperative complications (PCD: 29.8% vs ECD: 15%; P = .03). After matching, a statistically significant difference was retained in ileostomy rates (P = .02) and 30-day readmissions (P = .01). CONCLUSIONS Early operative intervention after percutaneous drainage in perforating CD may be associated with a high incidence of diversions and readmissions.
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- William Sangster
- Department of Surgery, The Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033-0850, USA
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA
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- Department of Surgery, The Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033-0850, USA
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- Department of Surgery, The Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033-0850, USA
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- Department of Surgery, The Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033-0850, USA
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- Department of Surgery, The Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033-0850, USA
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- Department of Surgery, The Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033-0850, USA.
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Truong A, Hanna MH, Moghadamyeghaneh Z, Stamos MJ. Implications of preoperative hypoalbuminemia in colorectal surgery. World J Gastrointest Surg 2016; 8:353-362. [PMID: 27231513 PMCID: PMC4872063 DOI: 10.4240/wjgs.v8.i5.353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2015] [Revised: 01/07/2016] [Accepted: 03/09/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Serum albumin has traditionally been used as a quantitative measure of a patient’s nutritional status because of its availability and low cost. While malnutrition has a clear definition within both the American and European Societies for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition clinical guidelines, individual surgeons often determine nutritional status anecdotally. Preoperative albumin level has been shown to be the best predictor of mortality after colorectal cancer surgery. Specifically in colorectal surgical patients, hypoalbuminemia significantly increases the length of hospital stay, rates of surgical site infections, enterocutaneous fistula risk, and deep vein thrombosis formation. The delay of surgical procedures to allow for preoperative correction of albumin levels in hypoalbuminemic patients has been shown to improve the morbidity and mortality in patients with severe nutritional risk. The importance of preoperative albumin levels and the patient’s chronic inflammatory state on the postoperative morbidity and mortality has led to the development of a variety of surgical scoring systems to predict outcomes efficiently. This review attempts to provide a systematic overview of albumin and its role and implications in colorectal surgery.
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Schwartz E. Perioperative Parenteral Nutrition in Adults With Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Nutr Clin Pract 2015; 31:159-70. [DOI: 10.1177/0884533615594011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Spinelli A, Allocca M, Jovani M, Danese S. Review article: optimal preparation for surgery in Crohn's disease. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2014; 40:1009-22. [PMID: 25209947 DOI: 10.1111/apt.12947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2014] [Revised: 04/16/2014] [Accepted: 08/13/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND One-third of Crohn's disease (CD) patients will undergo abdominal surgery within the first 5 years of diagnosis. AIM To review the available evidence on pre-operative optimisation of CD patients. METHODS The literature regarding psychological support, radiological imaging, abdominal abscess management, nutritional support, thromboembolic prophylaxis and immunosuppression in the perioperative setting was reviewed. RESULTS For diagnosis of fistulas, abscesses and stenosis, ultrasonography (US), computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have a high diagnostic accuracy. Under either CT or US guidance, it is possible to perform abscess percutaneous drainage (PD), which, with systemic antibiotic therapy, should be the first-line approach to intra-abdominal abscesses. CD patients with weight loss <10% within the last 3-6 months, body mass index < 18.5 kg/m(2) and/or albumin levels <30 g/L, are at an increased risk of post-operative complications. Pre-operative nutritional support should be used in these patients. IBD patients undergoing surgery have a higher risk of venous thromboembolic disease than patients with colorectal cancer, and current guidelines recommend that they should receive prophylaxis with heparin. Whether the use of anti-TNF agents before surgery increases the likelihood of post-operative complications, is the subject of much debate. To date, cumulative evidence from most studies (all retrospective) suggests that there is no such risk increment. Prospective studies are necessary to firmly establish this conclusion. CONCLUSIONS Preparation for surgery requires close interaction between surgeons, gastroenterologist, radiologists, psychologists and the patient. Correct pre-operative planning of surgical treatment has a major impact on the outcome of such treatment.
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- A Spinelli
- IBD Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, Istituto Clinico Humanitas IRCCS, Milan, Italy; Department of Biotechnologies and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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Wilson MZ, Connelly TM, Hollenbeak CS, Messaris E. Organ space infection following ileocolectomy for Crohn's disease: a National Surgical Quality Improvement Project study. Am J Surg 2014; 208:749-755. [PMID: 25096262 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2014.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2014] [Revised: 04/07/2014] [Accepted: 04/18/2014] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND Organ space infection (OSI) rates post ileocolectomy for Crohn's disease are relatively high. The aim of this study was to determine which factors predispose to OSI in this patient cohort. METHODS Data for 2,618 Crohn's patients undergoing ileocolectomy between 2005 and 2011 were obtained from the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Project database. Primary outcome was an OSI within 30 days of discharge. Univariate analysis using chi-square and Student t tests and a logistic multivariate analysis were performed. RESULTS Preoperative weight loss (odds ratio [OR] 2.11, P = .002), extended operating time (OR 1.57, P = .016), open procedures (OR 1.47, P = .043), and contaminated/dirty wounds (OR 1.95, P = .008) conferred an increased risk for OSI on multivariate analysis. Rates of stoma creation and steroid use were not significantly different between the groups. CONCLUSIONS Weight loss is a preoperative, potentially modifiable variable associated with OSI in Crohn's patients undergoing ileocolectomy and OSI-associated operative factors which may be noted to identify high-risk patients include extended operating time and open procedures.
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- Matthew Z Wilson
- Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033, USA
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- Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033, USA
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- Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033, USA; Department of Public Health Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033, USA
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- Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033, USA.
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Crohn disease is a chronic disease that is treated with aminosalicylates, antibiotics, and immunosuppressant agents. Most patients ultimately require surgical intervention and many will require additional surgery for recurrent disease. Consequently, surgery is generally performed only when medical management fails; however, these patients are often malnourished and immunosuppressed. Preoperative optimization is necessary to minimize morbidity, including intra-abdominal septic complications and anastomotic leaks. In this article, the authors review some considerations to improve the surgical outcome in Crohn disease.
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- Amit Sharma
- Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, University of Medicine and Dentistry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Edison, New Jersey
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- Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, University of Medicine and Dentistry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Edison, New Jersey
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Nguyen DL, Parekh N, Bechtold ML, Jamal MM. National Trends and In-Hospital Outcomes of Adult Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease Receiving Parenteral Nutrition Support. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr 2014; 40:412-6. [PMID: 24687967 DOI: 10.1177/0148607114528715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2014] [Accepted: 02/27/2014] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC), are susceptible to protein-calorie malnutrition secondary to decreased oral intake, malabsorption, and increased metabolic expenditure. In this study, we seek to assess the national frequencies of parenteral nutrition (PN) use among hospitalized patients with IBD and to determine their in-hospital outcomes. METHODS We analyzed the Nationwide Inpatient Sample from 1988-2006 to determine the frequency of PN usage among patients with UC or CD and to determine their in-hospital outcomes. A multivariate analysis was performed to identify factors predictive of increased inpatient mortality in this population. RESULTS From 1988-2006, the annual incidence of PN use among hospitalized patients with CD was 4.29 per 100,000 and among those with UC was 3.80 per 100,000, with trends being relatively stable through the indexed period. The mean length of hospitalization among patients with UC receiving PN was longer compared with patients with CD. Factors predictive of an increased risk for mortality include the following: age >50 years, acute kidney injury, hospital-acquired pneumonia, Clostridium difficile colitis, prolonged postoperative ileus requiring PN use, pulmonary embolism, malnutrition, and patients with UC relative to CD. CONCLUSION Traditionally, patients with CD are at a higher risk for developing malnutrition than patients with UC; however, there is a 2-fold higher risk for inpatient mortality and a longer length of hospitalization among patients with UC compared with those with CD. This pattern suggests that the use of PN, particularly among patients with UC, serves as a surrogate marker of higher disease acuity and severity.
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- Douglas L Nguyen
- Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, University of California, Irvine, Orange, California Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Veterans Affairs Long Beach Health Care Systems, Long Beach, California
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- Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, University of California, Irvine, Orange, California
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- Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri
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- Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, University of California, Irvine, Orange, California Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Veterans Affairs Long Beach Health Care Systems, Long Beach, California
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Triantafillidis JK, Papalois AE. The role of total parenteral nutrition in inflammatory bowel disease: current aspects. Scand J Gastroenterol 2014; 49:3-14. [PMID: 24354966 DOI: 10.3109/00365521.2013.860557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Total parenteral nutrition (TPN) represents a therapeutic modality that could save the life of a patient with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) facing severe nutritional problems, by restoring the patient's impaired nutritional status. TPN does not compete with enteral nutrition (EN), the latter being the first choice for all patients having anatomically intact and functionally normal digestive tract. TPN allows bowel rest while supplying adequate calorific intake and essential nutrients, and removes antigenic mucosal stimuli. The value of TPN in malnourished patients with intestinal failure due to CD is beyond doubt. However, it is difficult to suggest TPN as a sole treatment for active CD. An increased rate of remission could not be expected by applying TPN. The utility of TPN is restricted to certain cases involving efforts to close enterocutaneous or other complicated fistulas in patients with fistulizing CD, the treatment of short bowel syndrome following extensive resections for CD, or when EN is impractical for other reasons. There are no advantages of TPN therapy over EN therapy regarding fistula healing. TPN has no influence on the surgical intervention rate and little benefit by bypassing the intestinal passage could be expected. Also TPN shows no advantage if the disease is chronically active. However, an optimal supply of nutrients improves bowel motility, intestinal permeability and nutritional status, and reduces inflammatory reactions. TPN might be associated with an increased risk of adverse events, although TPN undertaken by experienced teams does not cause more complications than does EN.
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Jacobson S. Early postoperative complications in patients with Crohn's disease given and not given preoperative total parenteral nutrition. Scand J Gastroenterol 2012; 47:170-7. [PMID: 22242614 PMCID: PMC3279139 DOI: 10.3109/00365521.2011.648954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The effect of preoperative total parenteral nutrition (TPN) on the rate of early (within 30 days) postoperative complications in patients with moderate to severe Crohn's disease (CD) was examined. MATERIAL AND METHODS A series of 15 consecutive patients with CD (mean CD activity index score, 270) given preoperative TPN for 18-90 days (mean, 46 days) and undergoing bowel resection and primary anastomosis was compared with matching controls (105 patients) consecutively selected from all CD patients operated in Stockholm County during a preceding 20-year period without preoperative TPN. RESULTS During the preoperative TPN, all the patients studied displayed clinical remission of CD as reflected in improvement in their general well-being, relief of abdominal pain, and abatement of fever and diarrhea. There was no significant early postoperative complication in the TPN-treated group, whereas there were 29 patients with early postoperative complications in the control group, which means a significantly higher rate of postoperative complications when preoperative TPN was not provided. During the preoperative TPN, some crucial variables increased such as the body weight, the serum concentrations of albumin and triiodothyronine reflecting improved nutritional state, whereas the serum concentration of haptoglobin and the white cell count decreased reflecting decreased inflammatory activity. CONCLUSIONS This study shows that preoperative TPN for at least 18 days may be recommended to be given to patients with moderate to severe CD until clinical remission is achieved in order to minimize the risk of early postoperative complications.
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- Stefan Jacobson
- Department of Surgery, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Wagner IJ, Rombeau JL. Nutritional support of surgical patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Surg Clin North Am 2011; 91:787-803, viii. [PMID: 21787968 DOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2011.04.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in need of surgery are often malnourished, which in turn increases the risk for postoperative complications. Malnutrition in IBD patients who must undergo surgery is due to the disordered activity of the diseased intestine, decreased dietary intake, and adverse effects of potent medications. IBD operations predispose patients to both macronutrient and micronutrient deficiencies. If the gut can be used safely it is the preferential route for feeding, though preoperative and postoperative parenteral nutrition remains a viable alternative for severely malnourished patients. New nutrient therapies include immunonutrition, fish oils, and probiotics.
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- I Janelle Wagner
- Department of Surgery, Temple University School of Medicine, 3401 North Broad Street, Parkinson Pavilion, Suite 400, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA.
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Patients with Crohn's disease often present to the surgeon for operative intervention in poor overall condition. They may be taking multiple immunomodulators to attempt to manage their disease, may have significant weight loss and evidence of malnutrition, and 10 to 30% of the time will have intraabdominal sepsis in the form of an abscess or fistula. Preoperative optimization of these patients, when possible, may decrease morbidity and mortality, and may avoid formation of stomas for fecal diversion. Enhancing nutritional status and streamlining immunomodulator therapy prior to surgery may improve outcomes. Medical management of intraabdominal sepsis with percutaneous drainage of abdominal or pelvic abscesses may decrease postoperative septic complications, and may even avert the need for surgical intervention altogether.
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- Jonathan E Efron
- Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ 85259, USA.
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Kappelman MD, Bousvaros A. Nutritional concerns in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease patients. Mol Nutr Food Res 2008; 52:867-74. [PMID: 18324705 DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.200700156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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In approximately one-fourth of patients with Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC), disease onset occurs during childhood and adolescence. In addition to gastrointestinal and extraintestinal symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), children with these conditions often experience one or more nutritional complications of their disease including growth failure, delayed puberty, osteoporosis, anemia, and micronutrient deficiencies. This article provides an overview of the epidemiology, pathophysiology, evaluation, and management of selected nutritional complications in pediatric IBD.
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- Michael D Kappelman
- Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, MA, USA.
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Nguyen GC, Laveist TA, Brant SR. The utilization of parenteral nutrition during the in-patient management of inflammatory bowel disease in the United States: a national survey. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2007; 26:1499-507. [PMID: 17931346 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2007.03547.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Parenteral nutrition has a limited role in the in-patient management of inflammatory bowel disease. AIM To determine nationwide patterns of in-patient parenteral nutrition utilization and its demographic determinants and impact on outcomes. METHODS We identified inflammatory bowel disease discharges in the Nationwide Inpatient Sample between 1998 and 2003 and determined rates of parenteral nutrition utilization among US census regions, in-hospital mortality and hospital resource utilization. RESULTS The parenteral nutrition utilization rate among hospitalized inflammatory bowel disease patients was 6%. Only 64% of Crohn's disease and 55% of ulcerative colitis discharges who received parenteral nutrition had malnutrition, fistulizing or obstructive Crohn's disease, or surgery as an indication. The adjusted odds ratio of receiving parenteral nutrition were 0.36 (95% CI: 0.26-0.51) for the mid-west, 0.47 (0.37-0.56) for the south and 0.70 (0.56-0.89) for the west, compared to the north-east. Use of parenteral nutrition was associated with higher in-hospital mortality (OR 2.5; 95% CI: 1.93-3.24), length of stay (13.7 vs. 5.7 days, P < 0.001) and hospital charges ($51,729 vs. $19,563, P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS In-patient utilization of parenteral nutrition for inflammatory bowel disease varies markedly by census region, expends significant resources, and leads to potentially significant adverse outcomes. These findings underscore the need for guidelines for judicious parenteral nutrition use in inflammatory bowel disease.
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- G C Nguyen
- Mount Sinai Hospital IBD Centre, University of Toronto School of Medicine, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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Nutrition orale et entérale thérapeutique dans la maladie de Crohn de l'adulte : études et stratégies récentes. NUTR CLIN METAB 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nupar.2005.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Dray X, Marteau P. The use of enteral nutrition in the management of Crohn's disease in adults. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr 2005; 29:S166-9; discussion S169-72, S184-8. [PMID: 15980279 DOI: 10.1177/01486071050290s4s166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Crohn's disease is a chronic, relapsing disease and none of the treatments developed so far can cure it. Artificial nutrition is effective to both treat malnutrition when present and induce remission. However, striking advances in anti-inflammatory and immunomodulating therapies (including infliximab) and low compliance to treatment in the first trials have limited its place in the management of adults to drug-resistant patients. Randomized controlled trials show that artificial nutrition is effective in >50% of the cases in this selected population. Significant progress has recently been made to improve the palatability (and thus acceptability) of some enteral solutions, which can be consumed by the oral route and as pharmaconutrition. We reviewed the literature on enteral nutrition in adults with Crohn's disease. We present herein the results of the studies performed with antioxidants, glutamine, short-chain fatty acids, prebiotics, probiotics, low microparticle diets, and a TGFbeta2 enriched formulation.
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- X Dray
- Service d'Hépato-Gastroentérologie et Assistance Nutritive, Hôpital Lariboisière, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, France
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Dietary antigens may act as important stimuli of the mucosal immune system and have led to the study of nutritional therapy for IBD. Patients with active CD respond to bowel rest, along with total enteral nutrition or TPN. Bowel rest and TPN are as effective as corticosteroids at inducing remission for patients with active CD, although benefits are short-lived. Enteral nutrition is consistently less effective than conventional corticosteroids for treatment of active CD. Use of palatable, liquid polymeric diets in active CD is controversial, but these diets are of equal efficacy when compared with elemental diets. UC has not been treated effectively with either elemental diets or TPN. Fish oil contains n-3-PUFA, which inhibits production of proinflammatory cytokines and has some benefit in the treatment of CD. Topical applications of short-chain fatty acids have benefited diversion colitis and distal UC, whereas probiotics hold promise in the treatment of pouchitis.
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- Toby O Graham
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 200 Lothrop Street, M-Level, PUH, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
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Guidelines for the use of parenteral and enteral nutrition in adult and pediatric patients. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr 2002. [PMID: 11841046 DOI: 10.1177/0148607102026001011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 468] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Han PD, Burke A, Baldassano RN, Rombeau JL, Lichtenstein GR. Nutrition and inflammatory bowel disease. Gastroenterol Clin North Am 1999; 28:423-43, ix. [PMID: 10372275 DOI: 10.1016/s0889-8553(05)70063-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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This article reviews the nutritional aspects of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) including the mechanisms and manifestations of malnutrition and the efficacy of nutritional therapies. Nutrient deficiencies in patients with IBD occur via several mechanisms and may complicate the course of the disease. Nutritional status is assessed by clinical examination and the use of nutritional indices such as the Subjective Global Assessment of nutritional status. Nutritional intervention may improve outcome in certain individuals; however, because of the costs and complications of such therapy, careful selection is warranted, especially in patients presumed to need parenteral nutrition.
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- P D Han
- University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA
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A pluridisciplinary approach that integrates medical therapy with surgery and other aspects of patient care, such as nutritional and psychosocial support, is essential to the management of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Despite new medical therapies, such as 5-amino-salicylic acid compounds, steroids, and immunomodulators, the treatment of patients with IBD remains challenging. Success depends on the appropriate use of the available medications in relation to the severity and localization of the disease. The introduction of novel immunomodulating agents such as antitumor necrosis factor alpha is likely to have a major influence on the current therapeutic strategies. This article describes the use of the available medications in the most common clinical presentations of IBD.
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- P Michetti
- Division of Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Malnutrition is a very common problem in patients with chronic inflammatory bowel diseases. This article discusses the incidence, causes, and clinical consequences of malnutrition in these patient groups. The role of nutritional support administered enterally or parenterally either as primary or adjunctive therapy is highlighted, based on past and more recent controlled studies. Additional attention is given to the roles of glutamine, short-chain fatty acids, fish oil, and alternative nutritional therapy.
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- L A Dieleman
- Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
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The value of intense nutritional support in inflammatory bowel disease is still debated. Claims have been made that total enteral nutrition is as effective as total parental nutrition. In this review, the use of parenteral and enteral nutritional support as primary therapy in patients with inflammatory bowel disease has been critically evaluated. Most studies have been uncontrolled and nonrandomized with short-term follow-up. The literature does suggest, however, that intense nutritional support may have an adjunctive role to drug therapy in achieving remission in Crohn's disease, especially in corticosteroid-refractory patients. Nutritional support has a lesser role in chronic ulcerative colitis, except for assistance in pre- and postoperative management. The data do not support one variety of nutritional support over another, although enteral support should be used if possible, as it is less costly and potentially less complicated.
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- S Wu
- Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA
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Nutrition préopératoire : quels malades ? NUTR CLIN METAB 1995. [DOI: 10.1016/s0985-0562(05)80063-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Bodzin JH. Home hyperalimentation for inflammatory bowel disease. Nutr Clin Pract 1992; 7:70-3. [PMID: 1294881 DOI: 10.1177/011542659200700270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Total parenteral nutrition (TPN) has become a useful tool in the management of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). In the past, it was felt that TPN would have a therapeutic role in IBD, but experience has shown that it functions more as an adjunct to other therapeutic interventions. The specific roles of TPN in IBD include: (1) nutritional maintenance in the short bowel syndrome, (2) TPN as adjunctive therapy in jejunoileitis of Crohn's disease, (3) home TPN (HTPN) in Crohn's colitis, and (4) preoperative repletion of significantly depleted patients going to surgery. The adaptation of hospital techniques to the home situation has allowed patients to carry out long-term TPN therapy at home. Patients with IBD on HTPN are subject to the same mechanical and metabolic problems as are other patients on HTPN and, in addition, have a higher infection rate. When carried out appropriately, however, HTPN is a valuable technique in the management of patients with IBD and may provide an improved quality of life.
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Many patients with the inflammatory bowel diseases, Crohn's disease, or ulcerative colitis have significant protein-calorie malnutrition and micronutrient deficiencies. Factors that contribute to these nutritional deficits include inadequate nutrient intake, malabsorption, excessive nutrient secretion across the diseased gastrointestinal tract, drug-nutrient interactions, and increased nutrient requirements. In this review, the use of enteral and parenteral nutrition support as primary therapy for active Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis is discussed. Other roles for nutrition support in patients with inflammatory bowel disease, including preoperative nutrition support, nutritional treatment of intestinal fistulas and growth retardation, and home parenteral nutrition for gut failure, are also reviewed.
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Greenberg GR. Nutritional support in inflammatory bowel disease: current status and future directions. SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY. SUPPLEMENT 1992; 192:117-22. [PMID: 1439562 DOI: 10.3109/00365529209095991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Malnutrition is a frequent occurrence in patients with acute inflammatory bowel disease. Total nutritional support provided either parentally (TPN) or enterally (TEN) has been advocated not only as an adjunct for improving nutrition but also as primary therapy. For patients with acute Crohn's disease, short-term rates of remission after TEN are equivalent to TPN. Coupled with certain advantages when compared with TPN, including simpler administration, fewer side effects, and preservation of the intestinal mucosal barrier, TEN may therefore be the preferred route for nutrient delivery. Controlled trials indicate equivalent or superior efficacy when enteral polymeric diets are compared with elemental diets for inducing remission in acute Crohn's disease. Moreover, when provided as an elemental diet, TEN is as effective as corticosteroids for achieving remission in acute Crohn's disease, but corticosteroids appear to be more effective than polymeric diets. Although the provision of nutritional support rather than bowel rest is the major factor contributing to symptomatic improvement, the optimal nutrient composition and the precise mechanisms whereby nutritional support achieves clinical remission remain to be clarified. In contrast to Crohn's disease, nutritional support is not effective for achieving remission in patients with ulcerative colitis. Thus, enteral nutritional support is an effective therapy for the short-term management of acute Crohn's disease. Whether long-term remission is equivalent to treatment with drugs or surgery requires prospective evaluation. Future avenues of investigation also include defining the optimal nutrient composition and the underlying mechanisms that achieve maximal nutritional repletion, promote mucosal cell renewal, and potentially directly retard production of inflammatory mediators.
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- G R Greenberg
- Division of Gastroenterology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Once regarded as medical curiosities, ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease have achieved a remarkable change in status recently and today are among the more compelling of all human illnesses. The cause(s) of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are not known. Genetic, environmental, microbial, and immunologic factors are involved, but the precise mechanisms are obscure. The incidence of ulcerative colitis is relatively stable, while Crohn's disease continues to increase in frequency. In 10% to 15% of patients, it is hard to differentiate between ulcerative colitis and Crohn's colitis, however, problems with diagnosis usually resolve with time and repeated examinations. In part I of his two-part monograph on IBD, Dr. Kirsner addressed the nature and pathogenesis of the disease. Increased study of ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease in recent years has generated new knowledge regarding their etiology. Part I focused on microbial, immunologic, and genetic mechanisms of, and the inflammatory process involved in the disease. In this part, Dr. Kirsner deals with the clinical features, course, and management of IBD, based on the author's 55 years of experience with these problems and supplemented by critical examination of the recent (1988-1990) literature. Particular attention is directed to the symptoms and physical findings of ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. The laboratory, radiologic, endoscopic, and pathologic features, and the many systemic complications. IBDs are mimicked by several enterocolonic infections and other conditions making differential diagnosis necessary. Inflammatory bowel disease in children and the elderly conforms to conventional clinical patterns modified by the health circumstances of the respective age groups. Because the cause of IBD has not been established, current medical therapy is facilitative and supportive rather than curative. The principles of medical treatment are approximately the same for ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. Treatment emphasizes a program rather than a drug and also considers the individuality of the therapeutic response. A clearer understanding of dietary and nutritional needs, including hyperalimentation and electrolyte and fluid balance, aids treatment. Antidiarrheal and antispasmodal preparation and sedatives are prescribed for symptom relief. The bowel inflammation is controlled with sulfasalazine or the newer 5-amino-salicylic acid (5-ASA) compounds, antibacterial drugs for complications of Crohn's disease and IBD, adrenocortical steroids, and the immunosuppressive compounds 6-mercaptopurine (6MP), azathioprine, and cyclosporine, as determined in each patient. The surgical procedures available for treatment of ulcerative colitis include total proctocolectomy and ileostomy or ileoanal anastomosis.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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- J B Kirsner
- Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Illinois
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