Investigating the impact of steroid dependence on gastrointestinal surgical outcomes from UK Biobank

Investigating the impact of steroid dependence on gastrointestinal surgical outcomes from UK Biobank

Abstract Although corticosteroids are an important treatment for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients, many subjects develop dependence, leading to serious long-term side effects. We applied causal inference analyses to investigate the length of steroid use on reoperations in IBD patients. We i...

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Main Authors: Uri Kartoun, Akira Koseki, Akihiro Kosugi, Kingsley Njoku, Tesfaye Yadete, Eileen Koski, Joao Bettencourt-Silva, Natasha Mulligan, Jianying Hu, Julia Liu, Thaddeus Stappenbeck, Vibha Anand
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-11-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Subjects:
Steroids
Inflammatory bowel disease
Causal inference
Risk prediction
Prescription patterns
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-75215-5
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