Gut 2008;57:1029-1031
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The European consensus on ulcerative colitis: new horizons?
1 Robert Bosch Krankenhaus, Stuttgart, Germany
2 Gastroenterology Unit, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
Dr S P L Travis, Gastroenterology Unit, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK; simon.travis@ndm.ox.ac.uk
Revised version received 13 April 2008
Accepted 15 April 2008
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A European consensus on anything is not easy to achieve, and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is no exception. The European Crohn’s and Colitis Organisation (ECCO), has now published the Consensus on the management of ulcerative colitis1–3 to complement the highly successful Crohn’s disease Consensus, which became the most downloaded papers from Gut in 2007.4–6 A further European Consensus on opportunistic infections and IBD, to be published during 2008 and an update of the Crohn’s Consensus presented at the United European Gastroenterology Week (UEGW) in Vienna, are the product of a formal process, and hence the capital C in Consensus.
The limits of evidence-based medicine are such that guidelines appear most necessary where evidence is limited. The Consensus process endeavours to quantify opinion through a detailed preparatory phase, with systematic literature searches on selected topics, questionnaires on areas of controversy and grading of evidence according to the Oxford Centre for Evidence
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