Daily Archives: February 24, 2020
P020 PRACTICE PATTERNS OF PRIMARY CARE AND GASTROENTEROLOGY PHYSICIANS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA IN INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE
Iron deficiency Anemia (IDA) is a common complication of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). High prevalence of IDA in IBD suggests suboptimal surveillance and treatment. Oral iron is poorly tolerated, associated with worsened disease activity, and often… Continue reading
P041 DEVELOPMENT OF PROMIS PEDIATRIC PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOME SHORT FORMS FOR FATIGUE AND PAIN INTERFERENCE IN CHILDREN WITH CROHN’S DISEASE
There is a need for reliable, valid patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures to assess the health and quality of life in pediatric Crohn’s disease (PCD). The development of PROs for this population may be facilitated by using Patient-Reported Outcomes M… Continue reading
P001 PHARMACIST ROLE IN IBD MEDICATION OPTIMIZATION (PRIMO-IBD)
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic disease state with growing focus, due to its significant medical and economic health burden. Although targeted therapy against tumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF), interleukin receptors, and integrin receptors… Continue reading
P039 CLINICAL HYPNOSIS IN PEDIATRIC CROHN’S DISEASE: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
Crohn’s disease (CD) is a chronic, immune-mediated condition associated with abdominal pain, psychological comorbidities, and reduced quality of life (QoL), even in remission. Clinical hypnosis, involving focused relaxation and therapeutic suggestion, … Continue reading
P019 OPTIMIZING NUTRITION RISK SCREENING AND FOLLOW-UP NUTRITION COUNSELING IN AN OUTPATIENT INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE POPULATION
As management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) advances, the outpatient (OP) population is shifting its fears from risks of malnutrition to those associated with over-nutrition and under-nutrition, lack of diet education, access to resources, mental… Continue reading
P037 APPLICABILITY OF THE VISCERAL SENSITIVITY INDEX (VSI) AS A MEASURE OF GI SYMPTOM-SPECIFIC ANXIETY IN INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE PATIENTS
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) are characterized by recurrent abdominal pain, altered bowel habits, and psychological distress. Gastrointestinal (GI) symptom-specific anxiety (GSA) is the cognitive, affective, and b… Continue reading
P018 INTERNET DIETS: ONLINE INFORMATION REGARDING NUTRITIONAL TREATMENTS FOR IBD
Nutrition is a vital component in the management of IBD and can be an effective primary therapy for many patients. Certain types of diets, including the Western diet, have been speculated to be associated with increased IBD risk or exacerbations. There… Continue reading
P035 ADJUNCT PHARMACOTHERAPY USE FOR POUCH-RELATED SYMPTOMS IN PATIENTS WITH ILEAL POUCH-ANAL ANASTOMOSIS
For patients with recalcitrant ulcerative colitis or indeterminate colitis, surgical intervention with restorative proctocolectomy and ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA) has become the standard of therapy. The most common complication after IPAA is po… Continue reading
P017 INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE: YOUTH BELIEFS AND BARRIERS TO TRANSITION
Transitioning from pediatric to adult care remains a vulnerable time for all youth, especially those with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). While the medical community recognizes this, it is still an understudied phenomenon and youth often become lost … Continue reading
P030 WHAT ABOUT DEPRESSION? INCREASED DISCUSSION BY GASTROENTEROLOGISTS MAY BE NEEDED.
Studies have reported an increased prevalence of depression in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Depression rates have been reported as high as 21.2% in IBD patients compared to 13.4% in healthy controls (1). Addressing depression and imp… Continue reading