GASTRO GUIDELINES & POSITION STATEMENTS

We invariably tell
each other, and our
students, that the
academic tripod
consists of patient
care, teaching and
research. In fact, in
the real world
where science is
performed and
medicine is
practised, a better
rendering of the
academic tripod
might be: "If it's
new, it's not true: if
it's true, it's not
important; but if it's
new and it's true
and it is important,
then we knew it all
along."

  - Phil Gold
I.        SIGNS AND SYMTPOMS
     CONSTIPATION (aga, 2000), (wgo-omge)
     DIARRHEA
            Acute
(wgo-omge)
            Chronic (aga, 1999), (bsg (2003)
            C. diff  (acg, 1997)
            Infectious (acg, 1997)
     NAUSEA & VOMITING (aga, 2001), (nice, 2004)
     DYSPHAGIA (aga, 1999)
     INCONTINENCE, FECAL (acg 2004)
     GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING
     Occult
(aga, 2000)
     Lower GIB (acg, 1998)

II.       ESOPHAGEAL DISEASE
     ACHALASIA (acg, 1999), (ssat, 2003)
     AIDS PATIENTS (acg, 1999)
     BARRET’S ESOPHAGUS (acg, 2001), (ssat, 2005), (bsg,2005)
     DILATATION  (bsg, 2004)
     ESOPHAGEAL VARICES (wgo-omge, 2003)
     GERD (acg, 2005)
     MANOMETRY (aga, 2004), (bsg 1996)
     pH RECORDING (aga, 1999), (bsg, 1996)

III.      GASTRIC & INTESTINAL DISEASE
 
     CELIAC SPRUE
(aga, 2001), (wgo-omge), (bsg, 2002)
     DIVERTICULAR DISEASE, COLON (acg, 1999), (wgo-omge), (ssat, 2003)
     GASTROPARESIS (aga, 2004)
     GERD, Surgical (ssat, 2005)
     H. pylori (acg, 1998)
     INLFAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE (bsg, 2004)
           Ulcerative colitis (acg, 2004), (ssat, 2004)
           Crohn’s disease (acg, 2001)
           Crohn's perianal (aga, 2003)
           Corticosteroids & Immunomodulators (aga, 2006)
     INTESTINAL ISCHEMIA (aga, 2000)
     IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME (aga, 2002), (bsg, 2000)
     MALABSORPTION (wgo-omge)
     NSAID-INDUCED ULCERS (acg, 1998)
     OSTEOPOROSIS IN GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE (aga, 2003)
     POLYPS, COLORECTAL (NON-FAMILIAL) (acg, 2000), (ssat, 2005)

IV.      ANORECTAL DISEASE
     ANAL FISSURE (aga, 2003)
     ANORECTAL TESTING (aga, 1998)
     HEMORRHOIDS (aga, 2004), (ssat, 2004)

V.       PANCREATIC DISEASE
     PANCREATITIS
           Acute pancreatitis
(acg, 1996), (ssat, 2004), (bsg, 2005)
           Chronic pancreatitis (ssat, 2004)
           Pain (aga, 1998)
     HEMOCHROMATOSIS (aasld,2001) search aasld guidelines

VI.     HEPATOBILIARY DISEASE
    ALCOHOLIC LIVER DISEASE (acg, 1998)
    GALLSTONES & GALLBLADDER DISEASE (ssat, 2000)
    END-STAGE LIVER DISEASE
            Evaluation for transplantation
(aasld, 2005), search aasld guidelines
                                                       (bsg, 2000)
    FATTY LIVER
            Non-alcoholic
(aga, 2003)
     HEMOCHROMATOSIS (aasld,2001) search aasld guidelines
     HEPATICENC EPHALOPATHY (acg, 2001)
     HEPATIC FAILURE, ACUTE (aasld, 2005) search aasld guidelines
     HEPATITIS
           Autoimmune hepatitis
(aasld, 2002) search aasld guidelines
           Acute viral heaptitis (wgo-omge)
           Chronic hepatitis B
                   
(aasld, 2003), & update search aasld guidelines
                   vaccination (wgo-omge)
           Hepatitis C (aasld,2004), (bsg, 2001), (bsg 2003)
    LIVER BIOPSY (bsg, 2004)
    LIVER CHEMISTRY (aga, 2002) , (nacb, 2000)
    OSTEOPOROSIS IN HEPATIC DISORDERS (aga, 2003), (bsg, 2002)
    PORTAL HYPERTENSION
          Ascites
(aasld, 2004), search aasld guidelines (wgo-omge)
          TIPS (aasld, 2004) search aasld guidelines
          Variceal hemorrhage (bsg, 2000)
    PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS (aasld, 2000) search assld guidelines
    WILSON’S DISEASE (aasld, 2003) search aasld guidelines

VII.   CANCER
   ANAL CANCER (nccn, 2005)
   COLORECTAL CANCER
         Colon Cancer
(nccn, 2005)
         Dietary Fiber (aga, 1999)
         Genetic testing (aga, 2001)
         Rectal cancer (nccn,2005)
         
Screening (bsg, 2002)
         Surgery (ssat, 2005), hepatic mets (ssat, 2004)
         Surveillance (asco, 2000), (aga, 2003)
   ESOPHAGEAL CANCER (nccn, 2005), (acg, 1999), (bsg ,2002)
                                           (aga, 2005), (ssat, 2005)
   GASTRIC CANCER (nccn, 2005), (ssat, 2004), (bsg, 2002)
   HEPATOBILIARY CANCERS (nccn, 2005), (bsg, 2002)
   HEPATOMA (aasld, 2005), search aasld guidelines (bsg, 2003)
   NEUROENDOCRINE TUMORS (GASTROENTEROPANCREATIC) (bsg, 2005)
   PANCREATIC CANCER (aga,1999), (nccn, 2005), (ssat, 2005), (bsg, 2005)

VIII.  SPECIAL TOPICS
   ENTERAL NUTRITION (aga, 1994), (bsg, 2003)
   FOOD ALLERGIES (aga, 2001)
   ENDOSCOPY
         Antibiotic prophylaxis
(bsg, 2001)
         Decontamination (bsg, 2005)
         Standards (aga, 2001)
         Sedation (aga, 2001) , (bsg, 2003)
   LAPAROSCOPIC PROCEDURES (compilation sages)
   PARENTERAL NUTRITION (aga, 2001)
   PREGNANCY
        Appendicitis & Cholecystitis, Laparoscopic surgery
(sages, 1998)
        Liver disease (acg, 1999)
  OBESITY (aga, 2002)