PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Sabina Beg
AU  - Krish Ragunath
AU  - Andrew Wyman
AU  - Matthew Banks
AU  - Nigel Trudgill
AU  - Mark D Pritchard
AU  - Stuart Riley
AU  - John Anderson
AU  - Helen Griffiths
AU  - Pradeep Bhandari
AU  - Phillip Kaye
AU  - Andrew Veitch
TI  - Quality standards in upper gastrointestinal endoscopy: a position statement of the British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) and Association of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (AUGIS)
AID  - 10.1136/gutjnl-2017-314109
DP  - 2017 Sep 13
TA  - Gut
PG  - gutjnl-2017-314109
4099  - http://gut.bmj.com/content/early/2017/09/13/gutjnl-2017-314109.short
4100  - http://gut.bmj.com/content/early/2017/09/13/gutjnl-2017-314109.full
AB  - This document represents the first position statement produced by the British Society of Gastroenterology and Association of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, setting out the minimum expected standards in diagnostic upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. The need for this statement has arisen from the recognition that while technical competence can be rapidly acquired, in practice the performance of a high- quality examination is variable, with an unacceptably high rate of failure to diagnose cancer at endoscopy. The importance of detecting early neoplasia has taken on greater significance in this era of minimally invasive, organ- preserving endoscopic therapy. In this position statement we describe 38 recommendations to improve diagnostic endoscopy quality. Our goal is to emphasise practices that encourage mucosal inspection and lesion recognition, with the aim of optimising the early diagnosis of upper gastrointestinal disease and improving patient outcomes.