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Older patients are significantly more likely to have colon ischaemia-associated conditions that are chronic and complex
- Source :
- Alimentary pharmacologytherapeutics. 49(12)
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- BACKGROUND Colon ischaemia is a common disease which has been associated with various medications and comorbidities. AIM To test the hypothesis that there are differences in the frequencies of these associations in older compared with younger patients. METHODS A retrospective cohort study was performed of patients hospitalized with colon ischaemia at two major medical centres from 2005-2017. Clinical, colonoscopic and pathologic criteria were used to identify patients admitted with colon ischaemia; patients with other types of colitis were excluded. Demographic and medical data were extracted. Two cohorts were created: patients aged 18-64 years and patients > 65 years. These were compared using SAS 14.3. RESULTS A total of 788 patients were included, of which 271 (34.4%) were of ages 18-64 years, and 517 (66.6%) were 65 years old or older. In the older cohort, constipation-inducing medications (83.8% vs 64.1%; P =
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Constipation
Adolescent
Colon
medicine.medical_treatment
Comorbidity
03 medical and health sciences
Colonic Diseases
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
Young Adult
0302 clinical medicine
Ischemia
Renal Dialysis
Internal medicine
medicine
Humans
Pharmacology (medical)
030212 general & internal medicine
Colitis
Young adult
Dialysis
Aged
Retrospective Studies
Hepatology
business.industry
Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
Gastroenterology
Age Factors
Atrial fibrillation
Retrospective cohort study
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Hospitalization
Cohort
030211 gastroenterology & hepatology
Female
medicine.symptom
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 13652036
- Volume :
- 49
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Alimentary pharmacologytherapeutics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a81c57d3a3d7d45d563cb0f9c4185bb0