Health Maintenance

This IBD clinical care pathway aims to guide clinicians attending to the health of IBD patients in supporting and optimizing their health maintenance strategies.

 

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Use the Pathway

 

This Clinical Care Pathway was updated from the previous August 2025 version.

Disclaimer
Clinical care pathways are not a substitute for the personalized judgement and care of a trained healthcare professional. 

Dr. Irina Nistor, MN (Mount Sinai Hospital) and Dr. Vivian Huang (Mount Sinai Hospital) are the leads for this clinical care pathway, including regular review and maintenance.

Additional resources

For IBD providers

 

  • Canada has among the highest incidence rates of Crohn's and colitis in the world.
  • 1 in 140 Canadians lives with Crohn’s or colitis.
  • Families new to Canada are developing these diseases for the first time.
  • Incidence of Crohn’s in Canadian kids under 10 has doubled since 1995.
  • People are most commonly diagnosed before age 30.

Other Areas of Interest