Practices of North American pediatric gastroenterologists in the management of celiac disease-A survey study.

Celiac disease (CD) is a common autoimmune disorder characterized by an immune-mediated reaction to gluten. We conducted a survey study of the pediatric gastroenterology list server to assess the practices of North American pediatric gastroenterologists in the management of CD. Overall, 160 out of 2400 respondents participated in the study, of which 52.5% of the respondents were females and 72.5% were practicing in university hospitals. Overall, respondents were practicing in adherence to the latest guidelines, except only 36% were screening for hepatitis B virus immunization at diagnosis on most of the visits, and 25% were utilizing human leukocyte antigens typing on most visits if serologies were negative. In addition, female respondents screened for vitamin D deficiency more often than males with a p value < 0.05.