FG Podcast

The Frontline Gastroenterology (FG) podcast offers in-depth interviews with renowned authors and leading experts in gastroenterology, hepatology and clinical nutrition delving into the best practices in the field. FG - fg.bmj.com - is an esteemed international journal from the BMJ Group and the British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG). Elevate your practice by subscribing to the FG podcast.

Episodes

Jan 7, 2021

30 min

In this double-episode, Dr James Maurice interviews Dr Dhiraj Tripathi, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, about the UK Adult Liver Transplantation guidelines recently published in Frontline Gastroenterology. In the first part, they discuss a general overview of liver transplantation in the UK, followed by the selection and workup of potential liver transplant recipients.
Look out for the second part in the next few days. The conversation moves on to recent developments in organ allocation and utilisation, and post-transplant care.
Read the related paper on the FG website: https://fg.bmj.com/content/11/5/375
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Jan 7, 2021

30 min

Dec 22, 2020

31 min

Dr Philip Smith, Associate Editor and Social Media Editor of FG and Consultant Gastroenterologist at the Royal Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, is joined in conversation with Professor Mark Beattie, Editor in Chief of FG and Professor of Paediatric Gastroenterology at Southampton Children’s Hospital in Southampton, and Dr James Maurice, Associate editor and former trainee editor of FG and Senior Hepatology Fellow at King’s College Hospital, London, to discuss the 'Best Frontline Gastroenterology papers of 2020'. 
The papers are listed below with links: 
Consensus standards of healthcare for adults and children with inflammatory bowel disease in the UK https://fg.bmj.com/content/11/3/178 
British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG)-led multisociety consensus care bundle for the early clinical management of acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding https://fg.bmj.com/content/11/4/311 
Adult liver transplantation: A UK clinical guideline - part 1: pre-operation https://fg.bmj.com/content/11/5/375 
Adult liver transplantation: UK clinical guideline - part 2: surgery and post-operation https://fg.bmj.com/content/11/5/385 
Diagnostic ileocolonoscopy: getting the basics right https://fg.bmj.com/content/11/6/484 
Rational investigations in irritable bowel syndrome https://fg.bmj.com/content/11/2/140 
Medical liver biopsy: background, indications, procedure and histopathology https://fg.bmj.com/content/11/1/40 
Neuroendocrine tumours: what gastroenterologists need to know https://fg.bmj.com/content/early/2020/09/22/flgastro-2020-101431 
Practical guide to the management of chronic pancreatitis https://fg.bmj.com/content/10/3/253

Dec 22, 2020

31 min

Dec 2, 2020

10 min

The highlights of this edition brought to you by the Editor-in-Chief of Frontline Gastroenterology Mark Beattie.
Read the UpFront of the December issue of Frontline Gastroenterology:
https://fg.bmj.com/content/12/1/1
The full issue is now online: https://fg.bmj.com/content/12/1
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Dec 2, 2020

10 min

Oct 14, 2020

12 min

The highlights of this edition brought to you by the Editor-in-Chief of Frontline Gastroenterology Mark Beattie.
Read the UpFront of the November issue of Frontline Gastroenterology:
https://fg.bmj.com/content/11/6/423
The full issue is now online: https://fg.bmj.com/content/11/6
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Oct 14, 2020

12 min

Oct 1, 2020

24 min

Dr Philip Smith, Associate Editor and Social Media Editor of Frontline Gastroenterology and Consultant Gastroenterologist at the Royal Liverpool Hospital, UK, interviews Dr Mohid Khan, Consultant Gastroenterologist and Lead of the Wales NET Service in Cardiff, Wales, UK.
The podcast is focussed on the paper "Neuroendocrine Tumours – What Gastroenterologists Need to Know" published in Frontline Gastroenterology in September 2020. It can be found here:
https://fg.bmj.com/content/early/2020/09/22/flgastro-2020-101431

Oct 1, 2020

24 min

Aug 18, 2020

11 min

The highlights of this edition brought to you by the Editor-in-Chief of Frontline Gastroenterology Mark Beattie.
Read the UpFront of the September issue of Frontline Gastroenterology:
https://fg.bmj.com/content/11/5/339
The full issue is now also online: https://fg.bmj.com/content/11/5
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Aug 18, 2020

11 min

Jul 29, 2020

22 min

Jejunal feeding decisions can be complex in individuals with no clear structural abnormality. Dr Sunny Raju is joined by Dr Peter Paine, consultant gastroenterologist at Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, to get his thoughts on the matter.
Read the full article at https://fg.bmj.com/content/11/5/397

Jul 29, 2020

22 min

Jul 6, 2020

53 min

From specific management issues to medicines, psychotherapy, diet, and exercise. This is an extended podcast about every aspect of IBS for health care professionals.
Jonathan Segal, trainee editor at Frontline Gastroenterology, is joined by Professor Alex Ford and Dr Chris Black to discuss their recent paper “Best management irritable bowel syndrome” - fg.bmj.com/content/early/2020/…lgastro-2019-101298
This is the link for the mentioned review "Rational investigations in irritable bowel syndrome" - fg.bmj.com/content/11/2/140
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Jul 6, 2020

53 min

Jun 25, 2020

9 min

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

Jun 25, 2020

9 min

May 25, 2020

27 min

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

May 25, 2020

27 min

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