#GUT Blog: Hepatic encephalopathy is not a contraindication to pre-emptive TIPS in high-risk patients with cirrhosis with variceal bleeding

Professor El-Omar has chosen Dr Marika Rudler and Professor Dominique Thabut to do the next #GUTBlog on behalf of the International Variceal Bleeding Observational Study Group: a Baveno Cooperation.  Dr Rudler and Professor Thabut are from the Hopitaux Universitaires Pitie Salpetriere-Charles Foix, Paris, France. The #GUTBlog focusses on the paper “Hepatic encephalopathy is not a contraindication […]

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#GUT Blog: Early management of acute severe UC in the biologics era: development and international validation of a prognostic clinical index to predict steroid response

Professor El-Omar has chosen Dr Alex Adams and Professor Jack Satsangi to do the next #GUTBlog.  Dr Adams and Professor Satsangi are from the Translational Gastroenterology Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. The #GUTBlog focusses on the paper “Early management of acute severe UC in the biologics era: development and international validation of a prognostic […]

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#GUT Blog: Efficacy of biological therapies and small molecules in induction and maintenance of remission in luminal Crohn’s disease: systematic review and network meta-analysis

Professor El-Omar has chosen Professor Alexander Ford and Dr Brigida Barberio to do the next #GUTBlog. Professor Ford is from the Leeds Gastroenterology Institute, St. James’s University Hospital, Leeds, and the Leeds Institute of Medical Research, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK and Dr Brigida Barberio is from the Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology (DISCOG), Gastroenterology Unit, University of Padova-Azienda […]

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#GUT Blog: Green Endoscopy: British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG), Joint Advisory Group for Endoscopy (JAG) and Centre for Sustainable Health (CSH) Joint Consensus on practical measures for environmental sustainability in endoscopy

Professor El-Omar has chosen Professor Shaji Sebastian and Professor Anjan Dhar to do the next #GUTBlog. Professor Sebastian is from the Department of Gastroenterology, Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Hull, UK and Professor Dhar is from the Department of Gastroenterology, Darlington Memorial Hospital, Darlington.  The #GUTBlog focusses on the paper “Green endoscopy: British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG), Joint […]

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#GUT Blog: Third Asia-Pacific consensus recommendations on colorectal cancer screening and postpolypectomy surveillance

Professor El-Omar has chosen Professor Joseph Sung to do the next #GUTBlog. Professor Sung is a Distinguished University Professor from the  Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Singapore, Singapore.  Professor Sung is the first author on the guidelines covered in the #GUTBlog.  The #GUTBlog focusses on the guidelines “Third Asia-Pacific consensus recommendations on colorectal cancer screening and postpolypectomy surveillance” which was published […]

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Special #GUT Blog: NIHR event and trainee network seek to enhance gastroenterology trainee’s participation in research

Professor El-Omar has agreed to a special #GUTBlog by Professor Matthew Brookes, from the University of Wolverhampton and Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust and Gastroenterology deputy national specialty group lead, along with Dr Abdullah Abbasi, Gastroenterology trainee, from the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust.  In this #GUTblog they reflect on the importance of Gastroenterology trainees being engaged […]

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#GUT Blog: British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) and British Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (BSPGHAN) joint consensus guidelines on the diagnosis and management of eosinophilic oesophagitis in children and adults

Professor El-Omar has chosen Professor Anjan Dhar to do the next #GUTBlog. Professor Dhar is a Professor of Gastroenterology, at the County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust, Darlington Memorial Hospital, Darlington, UK and a Professor of Medicine, School of Health & Life Sciences, Teesside University, Middlesborough, UK.  Professor Dhar is joint first author with Dr Hasan Haboubi from […]

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#GUT Blog: Psyllium reduces inulin-induced colonic gas production in IBS: MRI and in vitro fermentation studies

Professor El-Omar has chosen Professor Robin C Spiller to do the next #GUTBlog. Professor Spiller is a Professor of Gastroenterology in the Gastrointestinal and Liver Disorders Theme, in the Nottingham NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK. The #GUTBlog focusses on the latest paper “Psyllium reduces inulin-induced colonic gas production in IBS: MRI and in vitro fermentation studies” which was published in […]

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#GUT Blog: Predicting endoscopic remission in Crohn’s disease by the modified multiplier SES-CD (MM-SES-CD)

Professor El-Omar has chosen Dr Neeraj Narula and Ms Emily Wong to do the next #GUTBlog. Dr Neeraj Narula is Associate Professor of Medicine at McMaster University, Ontario, Canada and Ms Emily Wong is a Research Assistant at the same institution. The #GUTBlog focusses on the latest paper “Predicting endoscopic remission in Crohn’s disease by the modified multiplier SES-CD (MM-SES-CD)” which […]

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#GUT Blog: International consensus to standardise histopathological scoring for small bowel strictures in Crohn’s disease

Professor El-Omar has chosen Dr Ilyssa O. Gordon and Dr Florian Rieder to do the next #GUTBlog. Dr Ilyssa O. Gordon is Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology at the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Her research focus is the diagnosis and categorization of intestinal fibrosis in inflammatory bowel diseases.  Dr Florian Rieder is Vice Chair of the Department […]

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