You initiate vedolizumab 300 mg IV at weeks 0, 2, and 6, followed by 300 mg IV every 8 weeks. The patient weans from prednisone successfully, and 6 months later a colonoscopy demonstrates Mayo 0 disease throughout the colon, with patchy chronic active colitis histologically.
What is true about healthcare maintenance in elderly IBD patients? Pick all that apply:
Patients greater than age 80 years have an increased risk of perforation during colonoscopy.
Elderly patients with IBD are at higher risk for vaccine preventable illnesses than younger patients.
Elderly IBD patients should undergo vaccination against influenza, pneumococcal pneumonia, and herpes zoster.
Elderly IBD patients are more likely to have a PCP than elderly patients without IBD; whereas young IBD patients are less likely to have a PCP than young patients without IBD.
IBD patients, at any age, are less likely to have a primary care compared to unaffected peers.
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