There is an increase mortality risk in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) who develop thrombosis, a recent study found. Researchers examined the medical electronic chart of 1,093 IBD patients and actively searched their image exams for words related to thrombosis. They found:

• 654 Crohn’s disease and 439 colitis patients were included.
• Thrombosis prevalence was 5.1% and mortality rate was higher in patients who had suffered thrombosis.
• ~ half of patients developed thrombosis in the outpatient setting, 52% of these had disease activity, 17% had recent hospitalization, and 10% had previous thrombosis.
• A majority of patients who had thrombosis during hospitalization used heparin prophylaxis.