Incidence of Pneumonia, Related Hospitalization, and Mortality Among Younger Unvaccinated IBD Patients in a Nationwide Cohort

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BACKGROUND AND GOALS: Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) is among the most common infections among Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) patients. Our aim was to determine the absolute and relative risk of CAP, related hospitalization, and death among younger (age < 65) unvaccinated IBD patients exposed and unexposed to immunosuppressive medications.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: We conducted a retrospective cohort study among a nationwide cohort of younger IBD unvaccinated patients in the VAHS. Exposure was administration of any immunosuppressive medication. The primary outcome was the first occurrence of pneumonia; secondary outcomes being pneumonia related hospitalization and mortality. We reported event rate per 1000 person-years, hazard ratio, and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for each outcome.

RESULTS: Among a total of 26,707 patients, 513 patients developed pneumonia. Mean age in years (SD) was 51.67 (11.34) for the exposed and 45.91 (12.34) for the unexposed group. The overall crude incidence rate was 3.2 per 1000 patient-years (PYs) [4.04/1000 PYs in the exposed versus 1.45/1000 PYs in the unexposed]. The overall crude incidence rates for pneumonia-related-hospitalization and mortality 1.12 and 0.09 per 1000 PYs, respectively. In Cox regression, the exposed group was associated with an increased risk of pneumonia (AHR 2.85; 95% CI: 2.21 to 3.66, P < 0.001) and pneumonia-related-hospitalization (AHR 3.46; 95% CI: 2.20 to 5.43, P < 0.001).

CONCLUSIONS: Overall incidence of CAP among younger unvaccinated IBD patients was 3.2 per 1000 PYs. The overall associated hospitalization rates were low, however, higher amongst those exposed to immunosuppressive medications. This data will help patients and physicians make informed decisions regarding pneumococcal vaccine recommendations.

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2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:58

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Journal of clinical gastroenterology - 58(2024), 3 vom: 01. März, Seite 277-280

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Englisch

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Khan, Nabeel [VerfasserIn]
Trivedi, Chinmay [VerfasserIn]
Shah, Yash [VerfasserIn]
Patel, Manthankumar [VerfasserIn]
Sundararajan, Ramaswamy [VerfasserIn]
Xie, Dawei [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Yu-Xiao [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 14.02.2024

Date Revised 26.03.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

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10.1097/MCG.0000000000001863

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NLM357548906