RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 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)
JF Gut
JO Gut
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Society of Gastroenterology
SP 1886
OP 1899
DO 10.1136/gutjnl-2017-314109
VO 66
IS 11
A1 Sabina Beg
A1 Krish Ragunath
A1 Andrew Wyman
A1 Matthew Banks
A1 Nigel Trudgill
A1 Mark D Pritchard
A1 Stuart Riley
A1 John Anderson
A1 Helen Griffiths
A1 Pradeep Bhandari
A1 Phillip Kaye
A1 Andrew Veitch
YR 2017
UL http://gut.bmj.com/content/66/11/1886.abstract
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.