Serological, genetic and clinical associations with increased health ‐care resource utilization in inflammatory bowel disease

CONCLUSIONIn patients with IBD who required at least one emergency department visit or hospitalization, anti‐CBir1 antibody status may be a useful biomarker of HRU when formulating management strategies to reduce disease complications and resource utilization.

Source: Journal of Digestive Diseases - February 22, 2018 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Phillip Gu, Anshika Kapur, Dalin Li, Talin Haritunians, Eric Vasiliauskas, David Q Shih, Stephan R Targan, Brennan MR Spiegel, Dermot PB Mcgovern, Jeanne T Black, Gil Y Melmed Tags: Original Article Source Type: research