Guidelines on the management of abnormal liver blood tests
These updated guidelines on the management of abnormal liver blood tests have been commissioned by the Clinical Services and Standards Committee (CSSC) of the British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) under the auspices of the liver section of the BSG. The original guidelines, which this document supersedes, were written in 2000 and have undergone extensive revision by members of the ...
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Gut is a Plan S compliant Transformative Journal.. Gut is a leading international journal in gastroenterology and hepatology and has an established reputation for publishing first class clinical research of the alimentary tract, the liver, biliary tree and pancreas.Gut delivers up-to-date, authoritative, clinically oriented coverage in all areas of gastroenterology and hepatology.
British Society of Gastroenterology guidelines for the …
Iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) is a major cause of morbidity and burden of disease worldwide. It can generally be diagnosed by blood testing and remedied by iron replacement therapy (IRT) using the oral or intravenous route. The many causes of iron deficiency include poor dietary intake and malabsorption of dietary iron, as well as a number of …
British Society of Gastroenterology guidelines on the diagnosis …
Gastric adenocarcinoma carries a poor prognosis, in part due to the late stage of diagnosis. Risk factors include Helicobacter pylori infection, family history of gastric cancer—in particular, hereditary diffuse gastric cancer and pernicious anaemia. The stages in the progression to cancer include chronic gastritis, gastric atrophy (GA), gastric intestinal metaplasia (GIM) …
Guidelines on the management of ascites in cirrhosis | Gut
The British Society of Gastroenterology in collaboration with British Association for the Study of the Liver has prepared this document. The aim of this guideline is to review and summarise the evidence that guides clinical diagnosis and management of ascites in patients with cirrhosis. Substantial advances have been made in this area since the …
What defines a healthy gut microbiome? | Gut
A wider perspective on gut health considers the absence of digestive complaints as a key indicator. Symptoms like bloating, gas, irregular bowel movements and discomfort may not always be linked to a specific disorder but can indicate suboptimal gut health ().Therefore, a healthy gut, by this definition, is not only ‘free from diagnosed diseases’ but …
British Society of Gastroenterology guidelines on the management …
Functional dyspepsia (FD) is a common disorder of gut–brain interaction, affecting approximately 7% of individuals in the community, with most patients managed in primary care. The last British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) guideline for the management of dyspepsia was published in 1996. In the interim, substantial advances have been made in understanding the complex pathophysiology of ...
Gut microbiota signatures of vulnerability to food addiction in …
Objective Food addiction is a multifactorial disorder characterised by a loss of control over food intake that may promote obesity and alter gut microbiota composition. We have investigated the potential involvement of the gut microbiota in the mechanisms underlying food addiction. Design We used the Yale Food Addiction Scale (YFAS) 2.0 criteria to …
European evidence-based guidelines on pancreatic cystic …
Evidence-based guidelines on the management of pancreatic cystic neoplasms (PCN) are lacking. This guideline is a joint initiative of the European Study Group on Cystic Tumours of the Pancreas, United European Gastroenterology, European Pancreatic Club, European-African Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association, European Digestive Surgery, and the European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. It ...
Gut microbiome and health: mechanistic insights | Gut
The gut microbiota is now considered as one of the key elements contributing to the regulation of host health. Virtually all our body sites are colonised by microbes suggesting different types of crosstalk with our organs. Because of the development of molecular tools and techniques (ie, metagenomic, metabolomic, lipidomic, metatranscriptomic), the …