MORTALITY IN CROHN'S DISEASE

MORTALITY IN CROHN'S DISEASE

295 patients with Crohn's disease have been followed up for between one and thirty-eight years. 53 patients have died—more than twice the number expected for a general population of similar age and sex distribution. Excess deaths were significant both for males and females, and for those patien...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Lancet (British edition) 1970-05, Vol.295 (7657), p.1135-1137
Hauptverfasser: Prior, Patricia, Fielding, J.F., Waterhouse, J.A., Cooke, W.T.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Age composition
Crohn's disease
Gastrointestinal system
Gastrointestinal tract
Malignancy
Mortality
Patients
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Zusammenfassung:295 patients with Crohn's disease have been followed up for between one and thirty-eight years. 53 patients have died—more than twice the number expected for a general population of similar age and sex distribution. Excess deaths were significant both for males and females, and for those patients who had symptoms before the age of forty. Although the disease itself was mainly responsible for the excess mortality, side-effects of steroid therapy and malignancy of the gastrointestinal tract may also have contributed.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(70)91213-4