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Eosinophilic Esophagitis-Related Food Impaction: Distinct Demographics, Interventions, and Promising Predictive

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Area of Science:

  • Gastroenterology
  • Allergy and Immunology
  • Data Science in Medicine

Background:

  • Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is a significant and increasing cause of food impaction.
  • Understanding the characteristics of EoE-related food impaction is crucial for diagnosis and management.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To conduct a nationwide analysis of food impaction in patients with and without EoE.
  • To identify demographic, comorbidity, and intervention patterns associated with EoE in food impaction cases.
  • To develop and evaluate machine-learning models for predicting EoE in patients with food impaction.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective analysis of Nationwide Emergency Department Sample data (2018-2019).
  • Comparison of patients with food impaction with and without an EoE diagnosis.
  • Development of machine-learning models using ICD codes to predict EoE.

Main Results:

  • Out of 146,084 food impaction cases, 4.9% had a co-occurring EoE diagnosis.
  • Patients with EoE were younger males with fewer comorbidities but higher rates of obesity, asthma, gastritis, and allergic rhinitis.
  • EoE patients underwent significantly more esophagogastroduodenoscopies (89.6% vs 51.1%) and biopsies (54.9% vs 13.4%).
  • Machine-learning models achieved 86.1% sensitivity and an AUC of 0.828 for EoE prediction.

Conclusions:

  • Food impaction associated with EoE exhibits distinct demographic and comorbidity profiles.
  • Machine-learning models show potential as effective screening tools for identifying EoE in food impaction patients.
  • These models can assist clinicians in deciding when to perform biopsies for EoE diagnosis.