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Podcast: PeerView Clinical Pharmacology CME/CNE/CPE Video
Episode: Seema S. Aceves, MD, PhD - Living With Eosinophilic Esophagitis: Recognizing the Burden on Patients and Integrating Targeted Therapy to Improve Outcomes
Description: Go online to PeerView.com/BJF860 to view the activity, download slides and practice aids, and complete the post-test to earn credit. Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is a chronic allergic type 2 inflammatory disease that is triggered by food and/or environmental allergens. It is characterized by a clinical and pathologic phenotype of progressive esophageal dysfunction due to tissue inflammation and fibrosis. EoE affects about 1 in 2,000 people in the United States, and its prevalence is increasing. Until recently, there were no FDA-approved therapies, and management was limited to dietary approaches, drugs such as proton pump inhibitors and topical corticosteroids, and esophageal dilation...