Briefly noted: ET Jensen et al. JPGN 2019; 68: 50-5. This retrospective study with 409 patients with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) examined longitudinal growth over 12 months.  “In general, treatment approach was not associated with any significant increase or decrease in expected growth.” In a subset of patients with combined elemental diet and topical steroids (n=13), there was a subtle decrease in linear growth with a change in height z-score of -0.04, CI -0.08 to  -0.01. Interestingly, in these patients with EoE, the baseline height z-scores were lower than expected indicating that a subset may have impaired growth prior to treatment.

Related blog posts:

• What is EoE?
• EoE Update 2018 (Dr. Seth Marcus)
• Updated Consensus Guidelines for Eosinophilic Esophagitis
• Time to Diagnosis in Eosinophilic Esophagitis
• Adrenal Insufficiency due to Fluticasone in EoE
• Higher Doses of Topical Steroids for Eosinophilic … – gutsandgrowth

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