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Around 1 in 10 cases of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) will present before adulthood, with the median age at presentation being 11–12 years. IBD in children and young people is associated with more extensive disease, increased disease activity and a higher rate of complications compared with adult-onset IBD. Worldwide, estimates of paediatric IBD prevalence rates are lacking, but data suggest its incidence is increasing.

Mistakes in paediatric inflammatory bowel disease and how to avoid them

Neil Chanchlani, Richard K Russell

Topics

IBD Paediatrics

Citation

Chanchlani N. and Russell R.K. Mistakes in paediatric inflammatory bowel disease and how to avoid them. UEG Education 2018; 18: 1–6.

Published

2018

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Diarrhoea, acute or chronic, is a common gastrointestinal symptom in healthcare. In most cases, acute diarrhoea in healthy individuals requires limited diagnostic and therapeutic efforts, except for the replacement of fluid electrolytes, and stool culture in severe occurrences. Acute diarrhoea is often self-limiting due to short-lived reactions to food intake and bacterial or viral infections. However, diarrhoea can persist and fulfil definitions of chronicity when a month or more has passed since the onset. Here we discuss some basic mistakes that should be avoided when managing unexplained non-bloody diarrhoea that persists beyond the acute setting. In this context, the term 'unexplained' refers to a patient without apparent alarm features and where initial consultations have failed at making a diagnosis. We used an evidence-based approach and included aspects predominantly based on clinical experience when appropriate.

Mistakes in the management of unexplained diarrhoea and how to avoid them

Magnus Simrén, Hans Törnblom

Topics

Neurogastroenterology & Motility

Citation

Törnblom H and Simrén M. Mistakes in the management of unexplained diarrhoea and how to avoid them. UEG Education 2022; 22: 16–19.

Published

2022

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People with faecal incontinence (FI) suffer from chronic involuntary loss of bowel content. Patients often experience embarrassment, shame, low self-esteem, and depression, affecting their quality of life. Treatment approaches vary, and less invasive options should be tried before considering more invasive treatments. It's important to consider contributing factors, physician and patient preferences, and available procedures. This article discusses common mistakes in treating faecal incontinence and how to avoid them, based on evidence and clinical experience.

Mistakes in faecal incontinence management and how to avoid them

Kestutis Adamonis, Sadé L Assmann, Stéphanie O Breukink

Topics

Neurogastroenterology & Motility

Citation

Assmann S L, Breukink S O and Keszthelyi D. Mistakes in faecal incontinence management and how to avoid them. UEG Education 2023; 23: 1-3.

Published

2023

UEG Standards and Guidelines

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Summary

Non-invasive tests are increasingly being used to improve the diagnosis and prognostication of chronic liver diseases across aetiologies. Herein, we provide the latest update to the EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines on the use of non-invasive tests for the evaluation of liver disease severity and prognosis, focusing on the topics for which relevant evidence has been published in the last 5 years.

EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines on non-invasive tests for evaluation of liver disease severity and prognosis – 2021 update

Publisher

European Association for the Study of the Liver

Guideline

Clinical Practice Guideline

Citation

Journal of Hepatology, Volume 75, Issue 3, 659 - 689

Published

2021

UEG Standards and Guidelines

Clinical Standard

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An interdisciplinary group of European experts summarizes the value of gastrointestinal ultrasound (GIUS) in the management of three time-critical causes of acute abdomen: bowel obstruction, gastrointestinal perforation and acute ischemic bowel disease. Based on an extensive literature review, statements for a targeted diagnostic strategy in these intestinal emergencies are presented. GIUS is best established in case of small bowel obstruction. Metanalyses and prospective studies showed a sensitivity and specificity comparable to that of computed tomography (CT) and superior to plain X-ray. GIUS may save time and radiation exposure and has the advantage of displaying bowel function directly. Gastrointestinal perforation is more challenging for less experienced investigators. Although GIUS in experienced hands has a relatively high sensitivity to establish a correct diagnosis, CT is the most sensitive method in this situation. The spectrum of intestinal ischemia ranges from self-limited ischemic colitis to fatal intestinal infarction. In acute arterial mesenteric ischemia, GIUS may provide information, but prompt CT angiography is the gold standard. On the other end of the spectrum, ischemic colitis shows typical ultrasound features that allow correct diagnosis. GIUS here has a diagnostic performance similar to CT and helps to differentiate mild from severe ischemic colitis.

Keywords: ultrasound - ischemic bowel disease - gastrointestinal tract - bowel obstruction - perforation

EFSUMB Recommendations and Guidelines for Gastrointestinal Ultrasound Part 6: EFSUMB Guidelines GIUS Intestinal Emergencies Position Paper

A. Hollerweger

Guideline

Clinical Standard

Topics

Radiology & Imaging Surgery

Citation

Ultraschall Med 2020; 41(06): 646-657

Published

2020

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Short bowel is a condition that occurs after single or multiple intestinal resections. The incidence of short bowel in Europe is 2 per million of the population and it carries with it lifelong morbidity and mortality. The initial recognition and management of short bowel in the adult population tends to occur in the postoperative period and in the secondary care setting, where specialist input from clinicians experienced in short bowel is often lacking.

Mistakes in short bowel and how to avoid them

Simon Gabe, Jeremy Nightingale, Siddhartha Oke

Topics

Small Intestine & Nutrition

Citation

Oke SM, Nightingale JM and Gabe SM Mistakes in short bowel and how to avoid them. UEG Education 2018; 18: 7–11.

Published

2018

UEG Standards and Guidelines

Clinical Practice Guideline

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Summary

Acute kidney disease (AKD) - which includes acute kidney injury (AKI) – and chronic kidney disease (CKD) are highly prevalent among hospitalized patients, including those in nephrology and medicine wards, surgical wards, and intensive care units (ICU), and they have important metabolic and nutritional consequences.

Moreover, in case kidney replacement therapy (KRT) is started, whatever is the modality used, the possible impact on nutritional profiles, substrate balance, and nutritional treatment processes cannot be neglected.

The present guideline is aimed at providing evidence-based recommendations for clinical nutrition in hospitalized patients with AKD and CKD. Due to the significant heterogeneity of this patient population as well as the paucity of high-quality evidence data, the present guideline is to be intended as a basic framework of both evidence and - in most cases - expert opinions, aggregated in a structured consensus process, in order to update the two previous ESPEN Guidelines on Enteral (2006) and Parenteral (2009) Nutrition in Adult Renal Failure. Nutritional care for patients with stable CKD (i.e., controlled protein content diets/low protein diets with or without amino acid/ketoanalogue integration in outpatients up to CKD stages four and five), nutrition in kidney transplantation, and pediatric kidney disease will not be addressed in the present guideline.

Keywords: Acute kidney disease, Acute kidney injury, Clinical nutrition, Kidney replacement therapy, Hospitalized patients, Intensive care unit, Malnutrition, Muscle wasting

ESPEN guideline on clinical nutrition in hospitalized patients with acute or chronic kidney disease

Enrico Fiaccadori

Publisher

The European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism

Guideline

Clinical Practice Guideline

Topics

Small Intestine & Nutrition

Citation

Clinical Nutrition, Volume 40, Issue 4, 1644 - 1668

Published

2021

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