Clinical factors associated with severity in patients with inflammatory bowel disease in Brazil based on 2-year national registry data from GEDIIB.

The Brazilian Organization for Crohn's Disease and Colitis (GEDIIB) established a national registry of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The aim of the study was to identify clinical factors associated with disease severity in IBD patients in Brazil. A population-based risk model aimed at stratifying the severity of IBD based on previous hospitalization, use of biologics, and need for surgery for ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's Disease (CD) and on previous complications for CD. A total of 1179 patients (34.4 ± 14.7y; females 59%) were included: 46.6% with UC, 44.2% with CD, and 0.9% with unclassified IBD (IBD-U). The time from the beginning of the symptoms to diagnosis was 3.85y. In CD, 41.2% of patients presented with ileocolic disease, 32% inflammatory behavior, and 15.5% perianal disease. In UC, 46.3% presented with extensive colitis. Regarding treatment, 68.1%, 67%, and 47.6% received biological therapy, salicylates and immunosuppressors, respectively. Severe disease was associated with the presence of extensive colitis, EIM, male, comorbidities, and familial history of colorectal cancer in patients with UC. The presence of Montreal B2 and B3 behaviors, colonic location, and EIM were associated with CD severity. In conclusion, disease severity was associated with younger age, greater disease extent, and the presence of rheumatic EIM.

Perioperative care in bariatric surgery in the context of the ACERTO project: reality versus surgeons assumptions in a Cuiabá hospital. / Cuidados perioperatórios em cirurgia bariátrica no contexto do projeto ACERTO: realidade e o imaginário de cirurgiões em um hospital de Cuiabá.

OBJECTIVE:: to assess the level of knowledge among bariatric surgeons, about the recommendations of the ACERTO Project, correlating their assumptions on their perioperative prescriptions and the reality, according to the patients charts. METHOD:: we conducted a prospective, longitudinal, observational study comparing the assumptions of bariatric surgeons obtained through responses on a specific questionnaire with the reality found in clinical data from the hospital records. We analyzed the following variables: preoperative fasting, early postoperative feeding, intravenous hydration, perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis, use of abdominal drains, type of analgesia, and prophylaxis of nausea and vomiting. We confronted the responses of seven surgeons with data from 200 records of patients undergoing gastroplasty for morbid obesity. RESULTS:: all interviewed surgeons knew the ACERTO Project. Five (72%) responded that they followed the protocol thoroughly. The median time of preoperative fasting found in the records was higher than the reported by the surgeons (p<0.05). Early postoperative feeding was prescribed for 96.5% of cases. The median volume of intravenous fluids prescribed in the first 24 hours was 4000ml, which was consistent with the interviews. There were no differences between the response in the questionnaire and the findings in the hospital records in relation to antibiotic prophylaxis, use of catheters and drains, analgesia and prophylaxis of nausea and vomiting. CONCLUSION:: the ACERTO Project was well practiced among the surveyed surgeons. There was a good correlation between their assumptions and the reality in perioperative care of patients undergoing bariatric surgery. However, there was a significant difference in preoperative fasting time.

Cuidados perioperatórios em cirurgia bariátrica no contexto do projeto ACERTO: realidade e o imaginário de cirurgiões em um hospital de Cuiabá / Perioperative care in bariatric surgery in the context of the ACERTO project: reality versus surgeons assumptions in a Cuiabá hospital

RESUMO Objetivo: verificar o grau de conhecimento entre cirurgiões, sobre as recomendações do Projeto ACERTO em cirurgia bariátrica, correlacionando o "imaginário", sobre suas prescrições, e a "realidade", através de dados de prontuários de seus pacientes. Métodos: estudo observacional longitudinal prospectivo comparativo entre o "imaginário" dos cirurgiões, obtido através de respostas de questionário sobre condutas recomendadas pelo ACERTO e a análise de dados clínicos "reais" encontrados em prontuários de pacientes submetidos à cirurgia bariátrica. Foram analisados: jejum pré-operatório, realimentação precoce, hidratação venosa perioperatória, antibioticoprofilaxia, uso de sondas e drenos, analgesia e profilaxia de náuseas e vômitos. Foram confrontadas as respostas de sete cirurgiões e dados de 200 prontuários médicos. Resultados: todos os cirurgiões entrevistados conheciam o Projeto ACERTO. Cinco (72%) responderam que seguiam o protocolo completamente. O tempo mediano de jejum pré-operatório foi maior do que o relatado pelos cirurgiões (p<0,05). Os pacientes receberam realimentação precoce em 96,5% dos casos. O volume mediano de fluidos prescritos nas primeiras 24 horas foi 4000ml, condizente com a entrevista. Em relação à antibioticoprofilaxia, uso de sondas e drenos, analgesia e prevenção de náuseas e vômitos, não houve diferença entre o respondido e o constatado nos prontuários. Conclusão: o Projeto ACERTO era bem praticado entre os cirurgiões pesquisados, havendo boa correlação entre o "imaginário" e "realidade" dos cuidados perioperatórios prescritos em pacientes submetidos à cirurgia bariátrica.

ABSTRACT Objective: to assess the level of knowledge among bariatric surgeons, about the recommendations of the ACERTO Project, correlating their assumptions on their perioperative prescriptions and the reality, according to the patients charts. Method: we conducted a prospective, longitudinal, observational study comparing the assumptions of bariatric surgeons obtained through responses on a specific questionnaire with the reality found in clinical data from the hospital records. We analyzed the following variables: preoperative fasting, early postoperative feeding, intravenous hydration, perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis, use of abdominal drains, type of analgesia, and prophylaxis of nausea and vomiting. We confronted the responses of seven surgeons with data from 200 records of patients undergoing gastroplasty for morbid obesity. Results: all interviewed surgeons knew the ACERTO Project. Five (72%) responded that they followed the protocol thoroughly. The median time of preoperative fasting found in the records was higher than the reported by the surgeons (p<0.05). Early postoperative feeding was prescribed for 96.5% of cases. The median volume of intravenous fluids prescribed in the first 24 hours was 4000ml, which was consistent with the interviews. There were no differences between the response in the questionnaire and the findings in the hospital records in relation to antibiotic prophylaxis, use of catheters and drains, analgesia and prophylaxis of nausea and vomiting. Conclusion: the ACERTO Project was well practiced among the surveyed surgeons. There was a good correlation between their assumptions and the reality in perioperative care of patients undergoing bariatric surgery. However, there was a significant difference in preoperative fasting time.