RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 UK guideline on transition of adolescent and young persons with chronic digestive diseases from paediatric to adult care JF Gut JO Gut FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Society of Gastroenterology SP 988 OP 1000 DO 10.1136/gutjnl-2016-313000 VO 66 IS 6 A1 Alenka J Brooks A1 Philip J Smith A1 Richard Cohen A1 Paul Collins A1 Andrew Douds A1 Valda Forbes A1 Daniel R Gaya A1 Brian T Johnston A1 Patrick J McKiernan A1 Charles D Murray A1 Shaji Sebastian A1 Monica Smith A1 Lisa Whitley A1 Lesley Williams A1 Richard K Russell A1 Sara A McCartney A1 James O Lindsay YR 2017 UL http://gut.bmj.com/content/66/6/988.abstract AB The risks of poor transition include delayed and inappropriate transfer that can result in disengagement with healthcare. Structured transition care can improve control of chronic digestive diseases and long-term health-related outcomes. These are the first nationally developed guidelines on the transition of adolescent and young persons (AYP) with chronic digestive diseases from paediatric to adult care. They were commissioned by the Clinical Services and Standards Committee of the British Society of Gastroenterology under the auspices of the Adolescent and Young Persons (A&YP) Section. Electronic searches for English-language articles were performed with keywords relating to digestive system diseases and transition to adult care in the Medline (via Ovid), PsycInfo (via Ovid), Web of Science and CINAHL databases for studies published from 1980 to September 2014. The quality of evidence and grading of recommendations was appraised using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) system. The limited number of studies in gastroenterology and hepatology required the addition of relevant studies from other chronic diseases to be included.These guidelines deal specifically with the transition of AYP living with a diagnosis of chronic digestive disease and/or liver disease from paediatric to adult healthcare under the following headings;1. Patient populations involved in AYP transition2. Risks of failing transition or poor transition3. Models of AYP transition4. Patient and carer/parent perspective in AYP transition5. Surgical perspective