Eosinophilic esophagitis – 10 years of experience in five Czech pediatric endoscopy centers

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14110%2F20%3A00117642" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14110/20:00117642 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/00843989:_____/20:E0108645 RIV/65269705:_____/20:00073385

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.csgh.info/cs/clanek/eozinofilni-ezofagitida-10-let-zkusenosti-peti-ceskych-pediatrickych-endoskopickych-center-11180" target="_blank" >https://www.csgh.info/cs/clanek/eozinofilni-ezofagitida-10-let-zkusenosti-peti-ceskych-pediatrickych-endoskopickych-center-11180</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.48095/ccgh2020469" target="_blank" >10.48095/ccgh2020469</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Eosinophilic esophagitis – 10 years of experience in five Czech pediatric endoscopy centers

Original language description

Background: Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is a chronic, progressive inflammatory disease of the esophagus characterized by local eosinophilic infiltration accompanied by symptoms of esophageal dysfunction. The aim of this study was to characterize features of EoE diagnosed regionally and to describe local strategies for its treatment. Methods: The observational survey retrospectively analyzed a data set of child patients with histologically proven EoE from five pediatric endoscopy centers. This analysis focused on describing their general situation (age, gender, symptoms) and also aimed to investigate any possible linkage between age and symptoms or length of diagnosis period. Demographic features; clinical symptoms; laboratory, endoscopic, and histopathological findings; and chosen treatment of patients were recorded and analyzed. Results: From January 2010 to September 2020, 33 new cases of EoE were reported. Strong association of EoE with male sex is consistent with the results from formerly published studies (81.8%). The median age of symptom onset was 7 years, while the median age for diagnosis was almost 13 years. The most common symptoms were reflux symptoms in general (39.4%), followed by vomiting (36.4%), and dysphagia (33.3%). Examination for sensitization to food allergens was performed on 23 (69.7%) patients with diagnosed EoE. Out of these, 17 (51.5% of all cases) were found to be sensitive to some allergens. Most of this subgroup (and 48.5% of all cases) were examined by specific IgE testing, and just 2 (6.1% of all cases) patients were tested only by skin prick tests. Another allergic comorbidity was present in 75.8% of patients, and the most common of these were bronchial asthma and allergic rhinoconjunctivitis (45.5% and 42.2%, respectively). More than two-thirds of patients (69.7%) had abnormal macroscopic findings during diagnostic endoscopy, and the most common were longitudinal furrows and white exudates. The most common initial modality of treatment was to use proton-pump inhibitors (PPI; 93.9%), followed by food elimination (75.8%) and then by corticosteroid administration (63.6%). The vast majority of patients treated with corticosteroids received a topical preparation (90.9%). Conclusion: This is the first retrospective study on pediatric patients with EoE in the Czech Republic. We found similar features of EoE as reported in formerly published works elsewhere. Collecting long-term prospective observational data in a national EoE register of patients in the Czech Republic would significantly improve our knowledge of this disease.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30209 - Paediatrics

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2020

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Gastroenterologie a hepatologie

ISSN

1804-7874

e-ISSN

1804-803X

Volume of the periodical

74

Issue of the periodical within the volume

6

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

12

Pages from-to

469-480

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85099212650