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- Title
Early feeding reduces length of hospital stay in patients with acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding: A large multicentre cohort study.
- Authors
Kishino, Takaaki; Aoki, Tomonori; Sadashima, Eiji; Kobayashi, Katsumasa; Yamauchi, Atsushi; Yamada, Atsuo; Omori, Jun; Ikeya, Takashi; Aoyama, Taiki; Tominaga, Naoyuki; Sato, Yoshinori; Ishii, Naoki; Sawada, Tsunaki; Murata, Masaki; Takao, Akinari; Mizukami, Kazuhiro; Kinjo, Ken; Fujimori, Shunji; Uotani, Takahiro; Fujita, Minoru
- Abstract
Aim: No studies have compared the clinical outcomes of early and delayed feeding in patients with acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding (ALGIB). This study aimed to evaluate the benefits and risks of early feeding in a nationwide cohort of patients with ALGIB in whom haemostasis was achieved. Methods: We reviewed data for 5910 patients with ALGIB in whom haemostasis was achieved and feeding was resumed within 3 days after colonoscopy at 49 hospitals across Japan (CODE BLUE‐J Study). Patients were divided into an early feeding group (≤1 day, n = 3324) and a delayed feeding group (2–3 days, n = 2586). Clinical outcomes were compared between the groups by propensity matching analysis of 1508 pairs. Results: There was no significant difference between the early and delayed feeding groups in the rebleeding rate within 7 days after colonoscopy (9.4% vs. 8.0%; p = 0.196) or in the rebleeding rate within 30 days (11.4% vs. 11.5%; p = 0.909). There was also no significant between‐group difference in the need for interventional radiology or surgery or in mortality. However, the median length of hospital stay after colonoscopy was significantly shorter in the early feeding group (5 vs. 7 days; p < 0.001). These results were unchanged when subgroups of presumptive and definitive colonic diverticular bleeding were compared. Conclusion: The findings of this nationwide study suggest that early feeding after haemostasis can shorten the hospital stay in patients with ALGIB without increasing the risk of rebleeding.
- Subjects
JAPAN; GASTROINTESTINAL hemorrhage; LENGTH of stay in hospitals; ENDOSCOPIC hemostasis; COHORT analysis; INTERVENTIONAL radiology; HOSPITAL patients
- Publication
Colorectal Disease, 2023, Vol 25, Issue 11, p2206
- ISSN
1462-8910
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/codi.16751