FG Podcast

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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