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Episodes
Thursday Jun 25, 2020
Thursday Jun 25, 2020
The highlights of this edition brought to you by the Editor-in-Chief of Frontline Gastroenterology Mark Beattie.
Read the UpFront of the July issue of Frontline Gastroenterology:
https://fg.bmj.com/content/11/4/255
The full issue is now also online: https://fg.bmj.com/content/11/4
Monday May 25, 2020
Monday May 25, 2020
Dr Philip Smith, Associate Editor of Frontline Gastroenterology, and Consultant Gastroenterologist at the Royal Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool interviews Dr Cathryn Edwards, BSG President and Consultant Gastroenterologist, Torbay Hospital, Torbay, Devon and Dr Ian Penman, BSG Vice President Endoscopy and Consultant Gastroenterologist at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, on the BSG guidance entitled "Recommencing gastrointestinal endoscopy in the deceleration and early recovery phases of COVID-19 pandemic".
Read the related articles:
- https://www.bsg.org.uk/covid-19-advice/bsg-guidance-on-recommencing-gi-endoscopy-in-the-deceleration-early-recovery-phases-of-the-covid-19-pandemic/
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/flgastro-2020-101492
Acknowledgements: Huge thanks go to Dr Ian Penman BSG VP Endoscopy; Professor Colin Rees and the BSG Endoscopy Quality Improvement Group; the BSG Endoscopy Section; the BSGNA; and the BSG Executive and its President, Dr Cathryn Edwards
Thursday May 07, 2020
Thursday May 07, 2020
Trainee editor of Frontline Gastroenterology, James Maurice, interviews Hazel Woodland (University Hospitals Bristol NHS Trust) and Ben Hudson (Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust) on their recent publication in Frontline 'Palliative care in liver disease: what does good look like?" - https://fg.bmj.com/content/11/3/218.
Friday Mar 27, 2020
Friday Mar 27, 2020
Dr Vincent Cheung (Translational Gastroenterology Unit and NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, UK) discusses his recent paper 'Immunotherapy-related hepatitis: real-world experience from a tertiary centre' published in Frontline Gastroenterology.
For more information, please read: https://fg.bmj.com/content/10/4/364
Friday Feb 21, 2020
Friday Feb 21, 2020
Frontline Gastroenterology's Editor-in-Chief Mark Beattie talks to Amritpal Dhaliwal (Liver Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, UK) about the importance of pathophysiology and management of Nutrition in Cirrhosis including discussion about what the clinical relevance of Sarcopenia in liver disease, how to assess it and how to best manage it. This podcast accompanies her recently published paper Nutrition in liver cirrhosis: a case based overview https://fg.bmj.com/content/11/2/155
Monday Feb 10, 2020
Monday Feb 10, 2020
The highlights of this edition brought to you by the Editor-in-Chief of Frontline Gastroenterology Mark Beattie. They include Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Liver Disease, Parenteral Nutrition and Eye signs in GI disease.
Read the UpFront of the March issue of Frontline Gastroenterology:
https://fg.bmj.com/content/11/2/83
The full issue is now also online: https://fg.bmj.com/content/11/2.
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.









