Diagnóstico y tratamiento de la esofagitis eosinofílica en niños. Revisión de la literatura y recomendaciones basadas en la evidencia. Grupo de trabajo de la Sociedad Latinoamericana de Gastroenterología, Hepatología y Nutrición pediátrica (SLAGHNP)

Acta Gastroenterol Latinoam. 2015 Sep;45(3):263-71.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

During the last twenty years Eosinophilic Esophagitis has become one the most important causes of esophageal disfunction in children, food impactation in adolescents and young adults, therapeutic failure in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and the most frecuent eosinophilic disease of the gastrointestinal tract. We present recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of the disease based in a systematic review of the literature.

Publication types

  • Review
  • Systematic Review

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Eosinophilic Esophagitis / diagnosis*
  • Eosinophilic Esophagitis / etiology
  • Eosinophilic Esophagitis / therapy*
  • Esophagoscopy
  • Evidence-Based Medicine
  • Gastroesophageal Reflux / complications*
  • Humans
  • Societies, Medical