This checklist should be completed by a member of the ward team. It should be started a minimum of 48 hours prior to discharge but can be done earlier and should be completed alongside the discharge letter. The information on the checklist should be reviewed on the consultant ward round prior to discharge.
Long and short versions are attached.
BSG Best Practice Guidance: outpatient management of cirrhosis
Part 1: compensated cirrhosis
Part 2: decompensated cirrhosis
Part 3: special circumstances
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Clinical Resources
Position Statements
British Society of Gastroenterology and Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland position on tranexamic acid in upper and lower gastrointestinal bleeding
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Following a concern raised to NHS England’s National Patient Safety Team regarding tranexamic acid use in gastrointestinal bleeding, and in light of the 2020 publication of the HALT-IT trial results,
Guidance
BSG Nurses Association
Endoscopy
BSG, ACPGBI and AUGIS guidance on the scope of professional practice for clinical endoscopists
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This document focuses on the scope of professional practice for clinical endoscopists (previously known as non- medical endoscopists/nurse endoscopists).