Obesity Increases the Risk of Hospital Readmission Following Intestinal Surgery for Children With Crohn Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Obese habitus can lead to adverse outcomes for colorectal surgeries due to technical challenges and pro-inflammatory immune mediators associated with excess adipose tissue. Surgical planning, pre-operative risk stratification, and patient counseling of pediatric Crohn disease (CD) patients are limited by the scarcity of data on this topic. We sought to determine the association between obesity and hospital readmission in children with CD undergoing intestinal resection.

Methods

We used the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program-Pediatric (NSQIP-P) database to identify pediatric CD patients undergoing intestinal resection between 2012 and 2018. We calculated age- and sex-adjusted body mass index (BMI) z scores using CDC population statistics. We used logisti

SUBMITTER: Egberg MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8542591 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature