Etude en Israël :
comparer les pratiques de la prise en charge de l’EOE entre les gastroentérologues
pédiatriques et adultes
Zevit Noam et al, JPGN 2018 sous presse
• Completed questionnaires were returned by 85/180 adult and 30/40 gastroenterologists.
• Compared to pediatric gastroenterologists, adult gastroenterologists took esophageal
biopsies significantly less frequently in the following scenarios:
• endoscopy without esophageal symptoms or macroscopic endoscopic findings (10% vs. 57%; p<0.001),
dysphagia without macroscopic findings (83% vs. 100%; p=0.019), and gastroesophageal reflux
symptoms with distal esophageal erythema (44% vs. 100%; p<0.001).
• Significantly fewer adult gastroenterologists reported taking gastric and duodenal biopsies
when EoE was suspected (29%vs. 90%; p<0.001).
• Adult gastroenterologists more often followed patients clinically (30% vs. 0%; p<0.001) rather
than endoscopically, and were far less inclined to implement elimination diets compared to
pediatric gastroenterologists (23% vs. 68%; p<0.001).
• Conclusions: Significant disparities exist between gastroenterologists treating adult and
pediatric patients with EoE. These findings may impact rates of diagnosis, appropriate
treatment, monitoring, long term outcomes, and may affect negatively transition from
pediatric to adult care.