Malnutrition Ups Risk of Postop Issues in Pediatric Crohn Disease

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 26, 2018 — For children with Crohn disease (CD), malnutrition is associated with increased risk of complications after bowel surgery, according to a study published in the November issue of the Journal of Pediatric Surgery. Mitchell R. Ladd, M.D., Ph.D., from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, and colleagues calculated body mass index (BMI)-for-age Z-scores […]
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