British Society of Gastroenterology Best Practice Guidance: outpatient management of cirrhosis – part 3: special circumstances

British Society of Gastroenterology

Management of urticaria: Iranian Society of Dermatology clinical practice guideline

Urticaria is a common and challenging skin disorder. Diagnosis and treatment of urticaria is not limited to the field of dermatology. General physicians, allergologists and clinical immunologists are also commonly involved in the management of patients with urticaria.One of the missions of the Iranian Society of Dermatology is to develop strategies in order to provide the best possible manageme...

Guidelines on the use of liver biopsy in clinical practice. British Society of Gastroenterology.

1.0 Introduction Erlich is credited with the first liver aspiration in 1883 and subsequently the first percutaneous liver biopsy for diagnostic purposes was reported in 1923. The technique has been modified since then, and over the past 50 years it has become a central investigation of hepatic disease. The low mortality (0.01–0.17%) and the relatively low morbidity of this procedure have meant ...

Annual Meeting of the British Society of Gastroenterology

The 1959 meeting of the Society was held in Belfast on November 6 and 7 with Professor H. W. Rodgers as President and Professor R. B. Welbourn as. the local secretary. It was a notable meeting on account of the number of important decisions taken in relation to the Society's affairs, also for the excellence of the scientific communications and the high standard of discussion. It was decided tha...

A discussion of the British Society of Gastroenterology survey of emergency gastroenterology workload.

An electronic survey of 188 acute NHS hospitals was carried out to assess the provision of out-of-hours services for gastrointestinal emergencies in England. The response rate was 167/188 (89%) for the main questionnaire and 157/188 (84%) for a supplementary questionnaire. The survey revealed that the majority of gastroenterologists (135/157, 86%) participate in acute general medicine. A rota f...