Consensus on chronic gastritis in china ( 9 - 10 November 2012 Shanghai )

Since the Consensus on chronic gastritis in China was developed in September 2006 in Shanghai, much progress has been made in the diagnosis and treatment of chronic gastritis, including the Operative Link for Gastritis Assessment (OLGA), European Consensus On management of precancerous conditions of gastric cancer, and Maastricht-IV consensus. Therefore, the “2012 Chinese National Consensus Meeting on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Gastritis” was held in Shanghai in November 2012, sponsored by the Chinese Society of Gastroenterology, to revise the Consensus. Eighty-two gastroenterology experts from all over China discussed and passed the new consensus by an anonymous vote. The voting options were: 1. Totally agree; 2. Agree, but have some reservations; 3. Agree, but have greater reservations; 4. Disagree, but have reservations; 5. Totally disagree. If the item received “1”> 66.7% or “1+2” > 85% of the votes, the term was then considered as passed and included in the consensus. The terms with otherwise votes were considered failed to pass and not reported here. This consensus is aimed to serve as the position statement of Chinese Society Gastroenterology on the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of chronic gastritis.