Dear all,

Please see below the September 2010 update from NHS Evidence - gastroenterology and liver diseases. If you are unable to view this correctly or would prefer to view it online, it can also be found at http://tinyurl.com/o8ap2r

Welcome

Welcome to the September edition of the NHS Evidence - gastroenterology and liver diseases newsletter. This bulletin is produced monthly, and aims to update you on:

• Interesting items recently added to the collection
• The latest news items as highlighted by our Clinical Lead
• Upcoming events of interest
• What the project team are currently doing

Recent additions

Here are some recent additions to the website:

• AASLD: Management of hepatocellular carcinoma: an update
• ESGE: Guideline: prophylaxis of post-ERCP pancreatitis
• ESGE: Guideline: the use of electrosurgical units
• NICE: Barrett’s oesophagus: ablative therapy for the treatment of Barrett’s oesophagus
• NICE: Imatinib for the adjuvant treatment of gastrointestinal stromal tumours

A full list of additions to the site in August can be found here.

Latest news

Professor Martyn Caplin, Clinical Lead for the GLDSC, has highlighted some of the most interesting recent journal articles, and other news of note:

• NICE: Constipation (women) - prucalopride: appraisal consultation document
• Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance without bowel preparation for detecting colonic inflammation in inflammatory bowel disease
• Effects of proton pump inhibitors on gastric emptying: a systematic review
• Horizon scanning: Phase III studies of oral hepatitis C treatment boceprevir meet primary endpoints
• Horizon Scanning: Telaprevir achieves high cure rate in study investigating its use in hepatitis C
• Laparoscopic approach significantly reduces surgical site infections after colorectal surgery: data from National Surgical Quality Improvement Program
• Postpolypectomy bleeding in patients undergoing colonoscopy on uninterrupted clopidogrel therapy

Events in August and September

The GLDSC maintains a calendar and RSS feed of upcoming events in gastroenterology and hepatology across the country and beyond. The following is the list for the next two months:

• 4-9 September: ESPGHAN Gastroenterology Summer School: News and Controversies in Pediatric Gastroenterology (Attica, Greece)
• 6-7 September: Specialty Skills in Coloproctology Stage 1 (London)
• 6 September: UKI NETS 8th National Conference (Belfast)
• 7-9 September: ESPGHAN Career Development Course 2010 (Bologna, Italy)
• 8-10 September: BASL Annual Meeting 2010 (Edinburgh)
• 8-9 September: Oxford Inflammatory Bowel Disease MasterClass (Oxford)
• 9-10 September: 9th Erasmus Endoscopy Day (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
• 9-10 September: AUGIS Annual Scientific Meeting 2010 (Oxford)
• 9 September: Haemorrhoids: Modern Management of an old problem (Basingstoke)
• 9-11 September: EURO-NOTES 2010: 4th Joint European NOTES Workshop (Rome, Italy)
• 10 September: Hot Topics in Neurogastroenterology: Recent advances in the management of chronic constipation in adults (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
• 10 September: BSG SpR Educational Meeting (London)
• 11 September: New Advances in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (San Diego, USA)
• 11 September: Introduction to Bowel Ultrasound Study Day (Southampton)
• 13-15 September: ESSO Advanced Course: Management of Colorectal Liver Metastases (Bordeaux, France)
• 14 September: Hepatitis and Other Bloodborne Infections: New Developments and Updates (Coventry)
• 14 September: Education Day - Live Theatre Laparoscopic Masterclass (Manchester)
• 16 September: BAPEN Medical/BSPGHAN Teaching Day (London)
• 16 September: NCRN Upper GI Cancer Prevention Group and BSG Early Diagnosis and Prevention Group Meeting (London)
• 16-18 September: Prague Hepatology Meeting 2010 (Prague, Czech Republic)
• 22 September: Surgical Anastomosis Techniques Course (Glasgow)
• 22-25 September: ESCP 5th Scientific Meeting and AGM (Sorrento, Italy)
• 22 September: Joint Trent BAPEN annual meeting and Gastro-intestinal SpR Training Day (Leicester)
• 23-26 September: 1st World Congress on Controversies in Gastroenterology & Liver Diseases (Prague, Czech Republic)
• 23-25 September: International Gastrointestinal Pathology Symposium (Killarney, Republic of Ireland)
• 23-24 September: Recent Advances in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: 4th National Conference (London)
• 24 September: Coventry Colonoscopy Course - sharing good practice (Wolverhampton)
• 24-26 September: EASL Monothematic Conference: Delta Hepatitis (Istanbul, Turkey)
• 29 September-2 October: International Pediatric Esophageal Disease School (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
• 29 September: The leading edge of IBD – difficult decisions (Salford)
• 30 September-1 October: Practical Paediatric Gastroenterology (London)
• 30 September-1 October: Pancreatic Diseases Meeting (London)
• 30 September-2 October: 4th Meeting of the European Club for Liver Cell Biology (Navarra, Spain)
• 1 October: Cambridge Liver Symposium (Cambridge)
• 1 October: Gloucestershire Gastrointestinal Pathology Course (Cheltenham)
• 5 October: Trainees in Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition and Associate Members Study Day (Manchester)
• 6 October: Evidence Based Gastroenterology in Primary Care (Malaga, Spain)
• 6-7 October: Intestinal Failure, Rehabilitation & HPN From Hospital to Home (London)
• 6 October: Liver disease epidemic: how do we manage in primary care? (Birmingham)
• 7 October: PCSG Annual Scientific and General Meeting 2010 (Harrogate)
• 8-10 October: Endoscopic Ultrasonography Live 2010 (Chicago, USA)
• 8-9 October: SGI 2010: 4th Meeting of the Society of Gastrointestinal Intervention (Seoul, South Korea)
• 8-10 October: 2nd Hands-On BSPGHAN/ESPGHAN Paediatric Endotherapeutic Course (Sheffield)
• 9-13 October: International Meeting on Molecular Biology of Hepatitis B Viruses (Taiwan)
• 14-15 October: Summit Conference: Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C (Brussels, Belgium)
• 15 October: 7th Therapeutic Endoscopy Course for Endoscopy Nurse Assistants & Nurse Consultants (Manchester)
• 15 October: Advanced Surgical Course: Abdominoperineal resection (Salisbury)
• 15 October: The Management of Rectocoele (Bournemouth)
• 20-23 October: IASGO 2010 (Cairo, Egypt)
• 21-23 October: Colon and Rectal Surgery: Current Principles and Practice (73rd Annual Course) (Minneapolis, USA)
• 21 October: 2nd International Symposium: Innovations in Medical and Surgical Gastroenterology (London)
• 22 October: St Mark's Enhanced Recovery Symposium (London)
• 22 October: Acute Abdominal Imaging 2010 (London)
• 23-25 October: 14th Meeting of the European Society of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Nurses and Associates (Barcelona, Spain)
• 23-27 October: UEGW Barcelona 2010: 18th United European Gastroenterology Week (Barcelona, Spain)
• 23 October: 14th ESGENA Conference (Barcelona, Spain)
• 24 October: ASNEMGE Young Investigators' Meeting 2010 (Barcelona, Spain)
• 26 October: Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery Course (London)

Please contact us if you have any suggestions or comments about the specialist collection.

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Matthew Hall

Information Specialist

Royal Free Hospital Medical Library

020 7794 0500 ext 34791