Abstract
Survival has frequently been studied and reported in patients with long term intestinal failure (IF). However, studies comparing the survival and mortality rates with the background population are rare. This study compares the survival in an adult IF, non-malignant, short bowel syndrome (SBS) cohort with a control group and with age- and sex-specific background mortality rates. Patients with SBS, defined by a small bowel length of 200cm or less, due to non-malignant disease, were included and followed until death or censoring on 31 December 2017. Causes of deaths occurring during home parenteral support (HPS) were assessed by review of the charts. Each case was matched with ten controls from the background population according to year of HPS initiation, age, and sex, and their survival was compared. Furthermore, age- and sex-specific mortality rates of the background population were used to calculate the standardized mortality ratio (SMR) and excess mortality. After five years, patients who initiated HPS had a relative survival of 76%. The SMR was 5.0 and the excess mortality was 50 per 1000 years. HPS-related deaths were assessed to account for 11% of deaths during HPS and occurred with an incidence of 10 per 1000 years. The excess mortality was as low as 15 per 1000 years in cases aged less than 40 years. Patients weaning off HPS had a mortality rate closer to that expected in the background population. In adult patients with a non-malignant cause of SBS-IF, the excess mortality was 50 per 1000 years. However, HPS related deaths were rarely registered with an incidence of 10 HPS related deaths per 1000 HPS treatment years.
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