Achalasia: Diagnosis, treatment and follow-up
Brief description of the initiative: This multidisciplinary guideline will aim to provide an evidence-based framework with recommendations on the diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of adult achalasia patients. This guideline is intended for clinicians involved in their management, including gastroenterologists, endoscopists, radiologists, gastrointestinal surgeons, dietitians and primary care practitioners. (Project completed)
Project type: Guideline development
Participating UEG Member Societies: ESNM, EAES, ESGAR
Lead Coordinator:
Project outcome: European guidelines on achalasia, GI Guidelines Webinar, available in GI Guidelines App
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Clinical guidelines for the management of chronic mesenteric ischemia
Brief description of the initiative: With the development of a multidisciplinary guideline on CMI we aim to provide a compressive overview and repository of the current evidence and agreement on pertinent issues pertaining the diagnosis and treatment of CMI to guide physicians working in the multidisciplinary field of gastrointestinal diseases in the management of their patients and improve treatment outcome.
Project type: Guideline development
Participating UEG Member Societies: EAGEN, ESGAR, Netherlands Association of Hepatogastroenterologists (NVMDL), Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology
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Project outcome: European guidelines on chronic mesenteric ischaemia, GI Guidelines Webinar, available in GI Guidelines App
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European GI motility hub
Brief description of the initiative: The European GI Motility Hub initiative proposes an innovative on-line platform to disseminate guidelines and provide practical training that will help minimize disparities between centres and health care systems and, it is hoped, add significantly to the welfare of GI patients throughout Europe.
Project type: Guideline dissemination
Participating UEG Member Societies: ESCP, ESPGHAN, Turkish Society of Gastroenterology, German Society of Gastroenterology (DGVS)
Lead Coordinator:
Project outcome: EUIGM Hub Website
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European guideline on the management of microscopic colitis
Brief description of the initiative: In order to harmonize and standardize the clinical management of MC across Europe, a pan-European Clinical Practice Guideline on MC is essential. Topics: MC concept and epidemiology, aetiology and pathogenesis, clinical manifestation, diagnosis, histopathology, treatment.
Project type: Guideline development
Participating UEG Member Societies: German Society of Gastroenterology (DGVS), Swedish Society of Gastroenterology, Lithuanian Society of Gastroenterology, Hungarian Society of Gastroenterology, Danish Society of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Netherlands Association of Hepatogastroenterologists (NVMDL), Spanish Society of Gastroenterology (AEG), ESP
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Project outcome: European guidelines on microscopic colitis, GI Guidelines Webinar, UEG Journal Podcast, available in GI Guidelines App
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Functional dyspepsia & gastroparesis
Brief description of the initiative: Development of guidelines following a 3-step approach: (1) Collection and review of FD&GP guidelines available in Europe and beyond, (2) Conductance of a (PICA-based) consensus process within the working group for a transnational FD&GP clinical guideline and (3) Initiation of national consensus and agreement processes for approval of the final guideline.
Project type: Guideline development
Participating UEG Member Society: ESNM
Lead Coordinator:
Project outcome: Consensus on functional dyspepsia, Consensus on gastroparesis, GI Guidelines Webinar, available in GI Guidelines App (functional dyspepsia, gastroparesis)
IgG4-related GI diseases
Brief description of the initiative: IgG4-related diseases represents a syndrome of a wide variety of diseases. We will follow the GRADE system, successfully applied to the IAP/APA guidelines on acute pancreatitis, the UEG/HaPanEU guidelines on chronic pancreatitis, and most recently the European guidelines on pancreatic cystic neoplasms.
Project type: Guideline development
Participating UEG Member Societies: Swedish Society of Gastroenterology, Ukrainian Gastroenterological Association, Danish Society of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Romanian Society of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, German Society of Gastroenterology (DGVS), Turkish Society of Gastroenterology, Netherlands Association of Hepatogastroenterologists (NVMDL), British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG), ESGAR, EPC, Italian Society of Gastroenterology (SIGE), French Society of Gastroenterology (SNFGE)
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Project outcome: European Guideline on IgG4-related digestive disease, GI Guidelines Webinar, available in GI Guidelines App
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Spreading knowledge on malnutrition across Europe
Brief description of the initiative: The purpose of the initiative is to promote and disseminate existing clinical practice guidelines on malnutrition, especially in GI diseases (malnutrition in general, in IBD, in visceral surgery, in chronic intestinal failure, in liver disease, in oncology).
Project type: Guideline dissemination
The European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism launched its guideline on clinical nutrition in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) as an app version with the support of UEG. The app is available for iOS and Android.
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Participating UEG Member Societies: ESPEN, Austrian Society of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (ÖGGH), Belgian Society of Gastroenterology (SRBGE), Croatian Society of Gastroenterology, German Society of Gastroenterology (DGVS), Macedonian Society of Gastroenterology, Gastrohepatology Association of Montenegro (GAM), Association of Serbian Gastroenterologists (ASG)
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Project outcome: ESPEN Guidelines App, GI Guidelines Webinar
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Stool banking to facilitate safe and cost effective Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in Europe
Brief description of the initiative: To develop a European stool bank model based consensus report and qualified experience, creating a standard for implementation of FMT in Europe.
Project type: Guideline dissemination
Participating UEG Member Societies: EHMSG, Nederlandse Vereniging voor Gastro-Enterologie (NVGE), Ukrainian Gastroenterological Association
Lead Coordinator:
Project outcome: A standardised model for stool banking for faecal microbiota transplantation: a consensus report from a multidisciplinary UEG working group
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