Use of Exclusive Enteral Nutrition Is Just as Effective as Corticosteroids in Newly Diagnosed Pediatric Crohn’s Disease

• Published in: Digestive diseases and sciences Vol. 58; no. 12; pp. 3584 - 3591
• Main Authors: Soo, Jason, Malik, Bushra A., Turner, Justine M., Persad, Rabin, Wine, Eytan, Siminoski, Kerry, Huynh, Hien Q.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston Springer US 01.12.2013; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adolescent; Biochemistry; Bone Density; Bone Development - drug effects; Bones; Child; Children; Corticosteroids; Crohn Disease - therapy; Density; Diseases; Enteral Nutrition; Female; Gastroenterology; Glucocorticoids - pharmacology; Glucocorticoids - therapeutic use; Health aspects; Hepatology; Humans; Male; Medical research; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Medicine, Experimental; Nutrition; Nutritional Status; Oncology; Original Article; Patient compliance; Pediatrics; Retrospective Studies; Transplant Surgery; Treatment Outcome; Corticosteroids; DXA; Pediatric; Nutritional therapy; Crohn’s disease

Background The efficacy of exclusive enteral nutrition (EEN) in induction of remission in pediatric Crohn’s disease (CD) is reported to be equivalent to that of corticosteroids (CS). Aims Our objective was to compare the efficacy of EEN and CS in inducing remission in pediatric onset CD and the effe...