Niall A M Klyn, Claire Letendre, Neeha Shrestha, Bruce L Lambert, Sumitrajit Dhar
Interpretability of the audiogram by audiologists and physician non-specialists
International journal of audiology
malnutrition common inflammatory bowel disease ibd requiring timely sufficient nutritional supplementation patients hospitalized active disease symptoms andor altered intestinal function hinder enteral nutrition feasibility scenario parenteral nutrition pn used aimed 1 assess frequency pn use 1997 2012 among hospitalized pediatric patients ibd 2 determine risk inhospital thrombus infection associated pn 3 identify predictors thrombus infection pediatric ibd hospitalizations utilizing pn performed crosssectional analysis pediatric patients hospitalized 1997 2012 used kids inpatient database kid identify pediatric patients 18 years age crohns disease cd ulcerative colitis uc pn exposure primary outcomes including thrombus infection used multivariable regression identify risk factors outcomes interest parenteral nutrition utilized 3732 12 30914 ibd hospitalizations three percent pn patients experienced thrombotic complication 55 experienced infectious complication multivariate analysis showed pn independent risk factor thrombus odds ratio 43 95 confidence interval ci 3256 infection 38 95 ci 3146 surgery independent risk factor thrombus 20 95 ci 1427 infection 25 95 ci 2031 hospitalizations exposed pn hospitalized pediatric ibd patients particularly surgical receiving pn increased risk thrombosis infection clinicians must balance risks benefits pn