A223 OPTIMIZING CO-MANAGEMENT OF PANCREATIC ENZYME INSUFFICIENCY: A CANADIAN CONSENSUS
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Abstract
Pancreatic enzyme insufficiency (PEI) arises from a variety of causes in various pathologic states, including inborn disease (notably cystic fibrosis (CF)); pancreatic duct obstruction, e.g., due to local tumour growth; and chronic pancreatitis (CP). PEI can therefore arise at any time in life, from infancy to advanced old age, and it presents clinically with a relatively non-specific constellation of gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms and laboratory findings, all associated with maldigestion and malabsorption. Signs and symptoms of PEI can be managed with pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT). For most forms of PEI, primary care physicians (PCPs) are likely to be the first to identify these signs and symptoms and to make a preliminary diagnosis. A Canadian Expert Panel has recently published a consensus guidance document on PEI diagnosis and management. The Panel’s recommendations have clear implications for PCPs who refer patients with suspected PEI or who need to co-manage patients with this condition. Here, we describe and comment on the Panel’s recommendations that guide GI specialists’ interactions with PCPs. Key questions about PEI were identified by the Panel and researched in the clinical literature. The Panel reviewed the findings and developed consensus recommendations related to: diagnostic features of PEI; conditions that increase the index of suspicion of PEI; screening of patients considered at elevated risk of PEI; investigations that should be carried out at the PCP level and communicated to the GI specialist via a referral letter; principles of PERT and PERT optimization; dietary and lifestyle advice for patients with PEI. Key diagnostic features of PEI include steatorrhea, unexplained weight loss, and specific micronutrient deficiencies. Predisposing conditions include CP, CF, type 1 diabetes, HIV/AIDS, celiac disease, and surgical resection in or near the pancreas. Other causes, including pancreatic cancer, may warrant urgent specialist referral for investigation. Patients with PEI typically should not be encouraged to reduce or avoid dietary fat but should be treated to improve their tolerance of a normal diet. Trial use of PERT may be considered by PCPs, particularly if wait time for GI specialist access is long. Response to treatment, along with other relevant aspects of patient history, should be communicated at the time of referral. Educational efforts should be directed to both GI specialists and PCPs to facilitate co-management of patients with confirmed or suspected PEI. This manuscript was funded by BGP Pharma ULC.
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How this classification was reachedexpand
Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.030 | 0.053 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.002 | 0.004 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.004 | 0.004 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.008 | 0.003 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.005 | 0.004 |
| Open science | 0.008 | 0.007 |
| Research integrity | 0.016 | 0.017 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.009 | 0.004 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".