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Activity Steps

1 Activity
2 Take Test 3Certificate

Description

Method of Participation in the Learning Process/Evaluation Method

Successful completion of this activity includes reading the entire article and successfully completing the post-quiz and an evaluation form.

Getting the Most out of the Activity

As you prepare to participate in this activity, please reflect on your practice and your patients and identify clinical challenges you hope to have addressed.

While participating in the training, identify ways you can use newly acquired knowledge, strategies, and skills to enhance patient outcomes and your own professional development.

Learning Objectives

After completing this continuing education activity you will be able to:

  1. Evaluate the evidence that supports unconventional tests for the diagnosis of food allergy.
  2. Explain potential harms associated with these tests.
  3. Discuss these tests with patients and offer evidence-based alternatives.
  4. Discuss the safety of packaged foods labeled "gluten-free" for patients with celiac disease.
  5. Identify other likely sources of unintentional gluten exposure.
  6. Describe symptoms and diagnostic criteria for eosinophilic esophagitis.
  7. Evaluate the evidence supporting a 6-food elimination diet for the treatment of eosinophilic esophagitis.
  8. Discuss the effectiveness of skin prick testing for identifying trigger foods in adults with eosinophilic esophagitis.

Disclosures

Mr. Lomangino has disclosed that he is a consultant to the Informed Medical Decisions Foundation and the American Association of Diabetes Educators.

Price: $49.00

Credits:

  • CDR 2.0 CPEU
  • FCDN 2.0 CH

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) is a Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Accredited Provider with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR), provider number LI001. Registered dietitians (RDs) will receive 2.0 continuing professional education units (CPEUs) for successful completion of this program/material, CPE Level 2.

LWW is approved as a provider of continuing education for the Florida Council for Dietetics and Nutrition.

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Professions: Other Health Professional
Test Code: CNI0313
Published: March 2013
Expires: 1/1/2026
Sources: Clinical Nutrition Insight
Required Passing Score: 7/10 (70%)
Authors: Kevin Lomangino
Categories: Diagnostic Studies , Evidence-Based Practice , Gastrointestinal , Nutrition , Physical Assessment/Diagnostic
Specialties: Allergy
Topics: Allergy , Celiac Disease , Elimination Diet , Eosinophilic Esophagitis , Food Allergies , Gluten , Skin Prick Testing