Health Maintenance

This IBD clinical care pathway aims to guide clinicians attending to the health of IBD patients in supporting and optimizing their health maintenance strategies.

 

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Disclaimer: Clinical care pathways are not a substitute for the personalized judgement and care of a trained healthcare professional. 

Dr. Irina Nistor, MN (Mount Sinai Hospital) and Dr. Vivian Huang (Mount Sinai Hospital) led the review and update for the current version of this clinical care pathway.

Additional resources

For Clinicians

  • Colonic dysplasia/Cancer Surveillance pathway: (CCC webpage link)
  • Vaccinations and IBD pathway: (CCC webpage link)

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  • Canada has among the highest incidence rates of Crohn's and colitis in the world.
  • 1 in 140 Canadians lives with Crohn’s or colitis.
  • Families new to Canada are developing these diseases for the first time.
  • Incidence of Crohn’s in Canadian kids under 10 has doubled since 1995.
  • People are most commonly diagnosed before age 30.

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