Characterization of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Hospitalized Elderly Patients in a Large Central Canadian Health Region

OBJECTIVE: To determine differences in phenotype and treatment among hospitalized elderly and young patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and the utility of International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (ICD)-10 codes in hospital discharge abstracts in diagnosing IBD in elderly p...

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Main Authors: Peter Stepaniuk, Charles N Bernstein, Zoann Nugent, Harminder Singh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/724359