Clinical factors to predict flare-up in patients with inflammatory bowel disease during international air travel: A prospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Backgrounds and aims

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients often experience disease flare-ups during international air travel. We aimed to identify risk factors associated with IBD flare-up during international air travel.

Methods

Patients with scheduled international air travel were enrolled in the study from the Seoul National University Bundang Hospital IBD clinic. Flight information and clinical data were collected via questionnaires and personal interviews, and risk factors associated with IBD flares were determined.

Results

Between May 2018 and February 2020, 94 patients were prospectively enrolled in the study (mean age, 33.0 years; males, 53.2%; mean disease duration, 56.7 months), including 56 (59.6%) with ulcerative colitis and 38 (40.4%) with Crohn's di

SUBMITTER: Park J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8782361 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature