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FG Podcast
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Tuesday Dec 31, 2019
Tuesday Dec 31, 2019
Dr Philip Smith discusses the new UK IBD Standards, recently published in Frontline Gastroenterology, with first author of the standards, Rukshana Kapasi, Chair of IBDUK and Director of Health Service Development at Crohn's and Colitis UK.
Read the paper: https://fg.bmj.com/content/early/2019/07/19/flgastro-2019-101260
Wednesday Dec 18, 2019
Wednesday Dec 18, 2019
Mark Beattie discusses with Ashley Bond (Intestinal Failure Unit, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust) his recent review published in the Frontline Gastroenterology journal, “Diagnosis and management of catheter-related bloodstream infections in patients on home parenteral nutrition” available here; https://fg.bmj.com/content/11/1/48.
Wednesday Dec 04, 2019
Wednesday Dec 04, 2019
This edition covers Eosinophilic Oesophagitis, Catheter-related bloodstream infections and acute liver failure. Part of the January 2020 issue is also dedicated to inflammatory bowel disease, including monoclonal antibody therapy as well as antibiotics and probiotics
Read the UpFront of the January issue of Frontline Gastroenterology and the full issue: fg.bmj.com/content/11/1.
Wednesday Oct 30, 2019
Wednesday Oct 30, 2019
Chronic pancreatitis is an irreversible fibroinflammatory disorder of the pancreas. It develops due to multiple causes, the most common of which is alcohol.
In this podcast, Trainee Associate Editor of Frontline Gastroenterology Suneil Raju and Professor Andrew Hopper, Gastroenterology and Liver Unit, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, UK, discuss a practical guide to the management of chronic pancreatitis and how a clear diagnosis is vital for ongoing care with early multidisciplinary input to help guide treatment and manage complications.
Read the full article: fg.bmj.com/content/10/3/253.
Tuesday Sep 03, 2019
Tuesday Sep 03, 2019
This edition has a special focus on the practical management of polyposis syndromes. The highlights of the October issue of Frontline Gastroenterology also include infliximab, chronic diarrhoea in the elderly and gastroenterology training in the UK.
Read the UpFront of the July issue of Frontline Gastroenterology and the full issue: fg.bmj.com/content/10/4. The UpFront is available here: https://fg.bmj.com/content/10/4/325.
Saturday Aug 03, 2019
Saturday Aug 03, 2019
Editor-in-Chief of Frontline Gastroenterology Mark Beattie talks to Professor Alexander Ford, Leeds Gastroenterology Institute, St. James's University Hospital, UK, about irritable bowel syndrome. IBS is a common chronic functional gastrointestinal disorder, with an estimated population prevalence of 10%, which more commonly affects women and younger individuals.
Listen to the conversation and read the related paper:
https://fg.bmj.com/content/early/2019/06/06/flgastro-2019-101211
Thursday Jul 11, 2019
Thursday Jul 11, 2019
Trainnee Associate Editor of Frontline Gastroenterology Suneil Raju discusses with Professor Andreas Münch, (Faculty of Health Science, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden) the recognition, assessment, diagnosis and management of Microscopic Colitis.
Read the full article: https://fg.bmj.com/content/early/2019/07/05/flgastro-2019-101227
Tuesday Jul 09, 2019
Tuesday Jul 09, 2019
The UK incidence of acute pancreatitis is estimated as 15–42 cases per 100 000 per year and is rising. It has a mortality rate of 1%–7% which increases to around 20% in patients with pancreatic necrosis.
In this podcast, Trainee Associate Editor of Frontline Gastroenterology James Maurice talks to Dr Gavin Johnson (Department of Gastroenterology, University College Hospital, London) about the current diagnostic and management challenges in acute pancreatitis. Read the article on the FG website: https://fg.bmj.com/content/10/3/292.
Thursday Jun 06, 2019
Thursday Jun 06, 2019
This edition has a special focus on pancreatobiliary medicine, but also covers the cost and availability of products for people living with Coeliac Disease, a dietician first Gastroenterology clinic and the burden of hepatitis C.
Read the UpFront of the July issue of Frontline Gastroenterology and the full issue: fg.bmj.com/content/10/3.
Sunday May 19, 2019
Sunday May 19, 2019
An ageing population, symptom awareness campaigns, reduced thresholds for referral and the development of screening programmes are contributing to the rise of endoscopy demand, but only high quality gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures can improve patient care. The British society of gastroenterology Endoscopy Quality Improvement Programme (EQIP), which aims to raise the standards across these procedures, is the topic of the conversation between Editor-in-Chief of Frontline Gastroenterology Mark Beattie and Professor Colin Rees (Northern Institute for Cancer Research, Newcastle University, UK). Read the related paper online: https://fg.bmj.com/content/10/2/148.