Rocha R, Sousa UH, Reis TLM, Santana GO. Nutritional status as a predictor of hospitalization in inflammatory bowel disease: A review. World J Gastrointest Pharmacol Ther 2019; 10(2): 50-56 [PMID: 30891328 DOI: 10.4292/wjgpt.v10.i2.50]
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Raquel Rocha, DSc, MSc, Assistant Professor, Escola de Nutrição, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Avenida Araújo Pinho, 32, Canela, Salvador 40110-150, Bahia, Brazil. raquelrocha2@yahoo.com.br
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Gastroenterology & Hepatology
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World J Gastrointest Pharmacol Ther. Mar 7, 2019; 10(2): 50-56 Published online Mar 7, 2019. doi: 10.4292/wjgpt.v10.i2.50
Nutritional status as a predictor of hospitalization in inflammatory bowel disease: A review
Raquel Rocha, Uli H Sousa, Thamiris L M Reis, Genoile O Santana
Raquel Rocha, Uli H Sousa, Thamiris L M Reis, Escola de Nutrição, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador 40110-150, Bahia, Brazil
Genoile O Santana, Pós graduação em Medicina e Saúde, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador 40110-060, Bahia, Brazil
Genoile O Santana, Department of Life Sciences, Universidade do Estado da Bahia, Salvador 41150-000, Bahia, Brazil
Author contributions: All authors equally contributed to this paper with conception and design of the study, literature review and analysis, drafting and critical revision and editing, and final approval of the final version.
Conflict-of-interest statement: No potential conflicts of interest.
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Open-Access: This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Corresponding author: Raquel Rocha, DSc, MSc, Assistant Professor, Escola de Nutrição, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Avenida Araújo Pinho, 32, Canela, Salvador 40110-150, Bahia, Brazil. raquelrocha2@yahoo.com.br
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Received: October 2, 2018 Peer-review started: October 2, 2018 First decision: November 22, 2018 Revised: December 12, 2018 Accepted: January 10, 2019 Article in press: January 10, 2019 Published online: March 7, 2019 Processing time: 157 Days and 8.9 Hours
ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS
Research background
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) presents an inflammatory picture that in the long run can lead to complications and consequently more hospitalizations when compared to other diseases.
Research motivation
Few studies have evaluated the association between nutritional status and hospitalization of patients with IBD and the consequent complications in the disease and surgical procedures.
Research objectives
The objective of our study was to evaluate the influence of nutritional status on the occurrence of IBD-related hospitalization.
Research methods
The research was conducted in the PUBMED and MEDLINE online databases in May 2018.
Research results
Of the 80 studies initially identified, five met the inclusion criteria of this review. None evaluated the association between good nutritional status and the risk of hospitalization. Malnutrition had a strong correlation with the risk of hospitalization related to IBD, and there was disagreement among the three studies regarding the association of obesity and hospitalization rates.
Research conclusions
Few studies have evaluated nutritional status as a predictor of IBD-related hospitalization, and the presence of malnutrition appears to be associated with hospitalization in these patients. Additional studies are needed to elucidate the issue.
Research perspectives
The few studies found in this review reveal the need for further investigations to evaluate the association between nutritional status and hospitalizations for IBD.
