Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) is caused by a failure of the pancreas to deliver the necessary level of specific pancreatic digestive enzymes to the intestine, leading to the maldigestion of nutrients and macronutrients resulting in subsequent deficiencies.
EPI is frequently underdiagnosed, leading patients to be undertreated.
Author Anna Buchner, MD, PhD, provides an overview of this new clinical guidance, and the best practice advice statements clinicians should be taking into their practice.
Key takeaways
Read the full AGA Clinical Practice Update on the Epidemiology, Evaluation, and Management of Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency: Expert Review, published in the November issue of Gastroenterology.
See the full 15 best practice advice statements on our clinical guidance page.
