Management of the Rectal Stump after Subtotal Colectomy Operations for Inflammatory Bowel Disease in the Era of Immunologic Therapy: A Two-Centre Cohort Study.

Introduction: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) often requires surgical resection, such as subtotal colectomy operations to alleviate symptoms. However, IBD also has an inherently increased risk of colorectal dysplasia and cancer. Despite the well-accepted surveillance guidelines for IBD patients with an intact colon, contemporaneous decision-making models on rectal stump surveillance is sparse.

Predicting readmission and death after hospital discharge: a comparison of conventional frailty measurement with an electronic health record-based score.

Background: frailty measurement may identify patients at risk of decline after hospital discharge, but many measures require specialist review and/or additional testing.

Objective: to compare validated frailty tools with routine electronic health record (EHR) data at hospital discharge, for associations with readmission or death.

Design: observational cohort study.