← Issue №14/ week of Oct 4, 2026/IBD

Between-visit care represents a substantial and underrecognized component of health care utilization in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease.

From GI Signals issue №14: what this paper found, what it changes, and where it sits against the current standard of care, reviewed by Simon Mathews, MD.

IBD prospective cohort · n=226 · Oct 1, 2026 · Inflamm Bowel Dis · IF 4.5

Between-visit care represents a substantial and underrecognized component of health care utilization in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease.

Epidemiologypediatrichealth servicesepidemiology
Clinical takeawayNo clinical action yet: this study quantifies the hidden workload of between-visit care in pediatric IBD but does not propose specific interventions or changes to practice.
What it foundBetween-visit care in pediatric IBD rose from a median of 1 event per 6 months >1 year prediagnosis to 64 events in the year following diagnosis, remaining persistently elevated thereafter.
ContextThis study highlights a previously underrecognized aspect of pediatric IBD management, confirming that between-visit care is substantial and persistent, particularly in moderate-severe disease.
No standard claimed for this paper

Every paper is compared to the standard governing its question. This one is not: either no standard in the corpus matches it, or the comparison did not hold up on review and was withdrawn rather than published unverified. Both are logged.

Huang JS … Polk DB · Inflammatory Bowel Diseases · IF 4.5 · PubMed ↗Permalink
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