CME in Minutes: Education in Dermatology
Aug 12, 2026 · 28 min · 13 segments
Please visit answersincme.com/WWD860 to participate, download slides and supporting materials, complete the post test, and get a certificate. Presented by Peter Lio, MD, FAAD; Sarah L. Chamlin, MD…
Peter LioGuest
Sarah L. ChamlinHost
I'm gonna start with talking about the epidemiology of pediatric atopic dermatitis in the United States.
It's a very common disease affecting between twelve to thirteen percent of children in the USA.
There's a higher prevalence in Black and African American pediatric patients as well as Pacific Islanders.
The onset of eczema, atopic dermatitis, is common prior to six years of age, and approximately fifteen to thirty percent of all affected pediatric patients have moderate to severe disease.
Peter, do you want to discuss the burden associated with pediatric atopic dermatitis next?
These patients are often much more likely to get infected, particularly with Staphylococcus aureus.
The patient suffers, but so does the whole family, the siblings, the parents, and so does society and even we to some degree.
So it's very difficult to estimate that impact of the burden just when you look at skin signs or one of these different areas.
When they're not sleeping well and when they're feeling down, that can actually worsen the skin, making everything go that much worse.
So I feel like patients get trapped in this terrible set of different types of adverse events, and our job is to try to break the cycle and rescue them from it.
Some of those concepts we can pick up by looking at the psychological impact of atopic dermatitis.
And we can see this across the spectrum of ages, but also including caregivers and the people taking care of these patients.
I'm gonna start with talking about the epidemiology of pediatric atopic dermatitis in the United States.
It's a very common disease affecting between twelve to thirteen percent of children in the USA.
There's a higher prevalence in Black and African American pediatric patients as well as Pacific Islanders.
The onset of eczema, atopic dermatitis, is common prior to six years of age, and approximately fifteen to thirty percent of all affected pediatric patients have moderate to severe disease.
Peter, do you want to discuss the burden associated with pediatric atopic dermatitis next?
These patients are often much more likely to get infected, particularly with Staphylococcus aureus.
The patient suffers, but so does the whole family, the siblings, the parents, and so does society and even we to some degree.
So it's very difficult to estimate that impact of the burden just when you look at skin signs or one of these different areas.
When they're not sleeping well and when they're feeling down, that can actually worsen the skin, making everything go that much worse.
So I feel like patients get trapped in this terrible set of different types of adverse events, and our job is to try to break the cycle and rescue them from it.
Some of those concepts we can pick up by looking at the psychological impact of atopic dermatitis.
And we can see this across the spectrum of ages, but also including caregivers and the people taking care of these patients.
The rest of this transcript — segmented and speaker-labeled, so you land on the exact moment something was said
Search every transcript — by keyword, by phrase, or by meaning, across every show Radar indexes
Trends — what is surging across podcasts, measured against its own baseline
Alerts — when a name you follow appears in a newly indexed episode
No account is needed to search Radar.
