Inflammatory bowel disease and thromboembolism

Table 1 Incidence, risk and clinical features of venous thromboembolism in inflammatory bowel disease patients

Venous thromboembolism and IBD
Prevalence: 1.3%-7% - postmortem about 40%
Risk overall: about 2-3-fold
Features
Deep vein thrombosis (legs) and pulmonary embolism
Younger age
Spontaneously
Recur - 30% (risk about 2.5-fold)
Significant morbidity and mortality
Risk factors
Active disease (ambulatory and hospitalized patients)
Complicated disease
Corticosteroid use
Extensive colonic involvement (UC and CD)
Recent hospitalization
Surgery
Pregnancy
Previous history of VTE
Family history of VTE

IBD: Inflammatory bowel disease; VTE: Venous thromboembolism; UC: Ulcerative colitis; CD: Crohn’s disease.