Open AccessIncreased Risk of Pneumonia Among Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Author(s) -
Millie D. Long,
Christopher F. Martin,
Robert S. Sandler,
Michael D. Kappelman
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the american journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.907
H-Index - 252
eISSN - 1572-0241
pISSN - 0002-9270
DOI - 10.1038/ajg.2012.406
Subject(s) - medicine , inflammatory bowel disease , hazard ratio , pneumonia , ulcerative colitis , nested case control study , cohort , cohort study , proportional hazards model , crohn's disease , rate ratio , retrospective cohort study , incidence (geometry) , confidence interval , disease , physics , optics
Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) may be at increased risk for infections. We aimed to determine the pneumonia risk in IBD and how specific medications affect this risk.