L Kievela et al. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology,2025; 23: 908 – 911. Transition of Care in Celiac Disease: A Chance to Advance
This clinical practice article offers some useful advice in transitioning patients with Celiac disease into adult provider care. Some of their recommendations for adult provider care:
- Regular visits
- Assessment of gluten-free diet adherence with low thresholf for dietician referral
- Checking serum tissue transglutaminase antibody levels
- Screening for other autoimmune conditions
- Consider additional lab tests (eg. CMP, CBC, Ferritin, ALT, Albumin, Folate, Zinc, Vit D, Vit B12, and TSH) and DEXA scan based on clinical situation
- Recommend screening family members
- Check vaccination status
Figure 1 provides suggestions for a transition report
Related information that is not in the article:
College/school resources:
- SAGE Guidelines: https://celiac.org/schoolmanagementplan/
- Beyond Celiac: https://www.beyondceliac.org/living-with-celiac-disease/school/info-for-college-students/
- Beyond Celiac College Toolkit https://www.beyondceliac.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/College-Toolkit.pdf