Skip to main content

Main menu

  • Home
  • Our journals
    • Clinical Medicine
    • Future Healthcare Journal
  • Subject collections
  • About the RCP
  • Contact us

Future Healthcare Journal

  • FHJ Home
  • Content
    • Current
    • Ahead of print
    • Archive
  • Author guidance
    • Instructions for authors
    • Submit online
  • About FHJ
    • Scope
    • Editorial board
    • Policies
    • Information for reviewers
    • Advertising

User menu

  • Log in

Search

  • Advanced search
RCP Journals
Home
  • Log in
  • Home
  • Our journals
    • Clinical Medicine
    • Future Healthcare Journal
  • Subject collections
  • About the RCP
  • Contact us
Advanced

Future Healthcare Journal

futurehosp Logo
  • FHJ Home
  • Content
    • Current
    • Ahead of print
    • Archive
  • Author guidance
    • Instructions for authors
    • Submit online
  • About FHJ
    • Scope
    • Editorial board
    • Policies
    • Information for reviewers
    • Advertising

Unlocking the benefits of the Baveno VI guidance when screening for varices: an audit of clinical practice across London

Michael Colwill, Luke Lake, Ahmed El-Sayed, Jonathan King, Rawen Kader, Eathar Shakweh, Andra Caracostea, Louise China and James Maurice
Download PDF
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/fhj.2021-0130
Future Healthc J March 2022
Michael Colwill
AEpsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust, London, UK
Roles: gastroenterology registrar
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • For correspondence: michael.colwill@nhs.net
Luke Lake
BNewham Hospital, London, UK
Roles: internal medicine trainee
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Ahmed El-Sayed
CLondon North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
Roles: doctor
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Jonathan King
DRoyal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Roles: gastroenterology registrar
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Rawen Kader
EUniversity College London, London, UK
Roles: gastroenterology registrar
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Eathar Shakweh
FImperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
Roles: gastroenterology registrar
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Andra Caracostea
GGuys and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Roles: gastroenterology registrar
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Louise China
HRoyal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Roles: consultant hepatologist
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
James Maurice
IImperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
Roles: gastroenterology registrar
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • Article
  • Figures & Data
  • Info & Metrics
Loading

Article Figures & Data

Figures

  • Tables
  • Additional Files
  • Fig 1.
    • Download figure
    • Open in new tab
    • Download powerpoint
    Fig 1.

    Endoscopic data analysis. CSPH = clinically significant portal hypertension; OGD = oesophagogastroduodenoscopy; TE = transient elastography.

  • Fig 2.
    • Download figure
    • Open in new tab
    • Download powerpoint
    Fig 2.

    a) Analysis of patients who underwent a screening oesophagogastroduodenoscopy (OGD) showing those who did and did not have a transient elastography (TE) result available from the preceding 12 months. b) Comparison between tertiary and non-tertiary centres regarding the availability of a recent TE result. Statistical significance was assessed using Fisher's exact test.

Tables

  • Figures
  • Additional Files
    • View popup
    Table 1.

    Inclusion and exclusion criteria

    Inclusion criteriaExclusion criteria
    • OGD performed 01 January – 30 June 2019.

    • Indication:

    • variceal screening

    • cirrhosis

    • liver disease.

    • Decompensation at time of OGD defined as the development of any of the following:

      • ascites

      • jaundice

      • hepatic encephalopathy

      • variceal bleeding.

    • Incomplete data.

    • Non-cirrhotic portal hypertension.

    • Portal vein thrombosis.

    • Variceal surveillance (not screening).

    • OGD = oesophagogastroduodenoscopy.

    • View popup
    Table 2.

    Details of provision of transient elastography at the individual centres that contributed to data collection

    TE provision detailsNumber (%)
    Electronic request form7 (87.5)
    TE performed on site6 (75)
    TE performed at time of outpatient clinic appointment4 (50)
    • TE = transient elastography.

Additional Files

  • Figures
  • Tables
  • Supplementary material

    Files in this Data Supplement:

    • Supplementary material S1
Back to top
Previous articleNext article

Article Tools

Download PDF
Article Alerts
Sign In to Email Alerts with your Email Address
Citation Tools
Unlocking the benefits of the Baveno VI guidance when screening for varices: an audit of clinical practice across London
Michael Colwill, Luke Lake, Ahmed El-Sayed, Jonathan King, Rawen Kader, Eathar Shakweh, Andra Caracostea, Louise China, James Maurice
Future Healthc J Mar 2022, 9 (1) 41-44; DOI: 10.7861/fhj.2021-0130

Citation Manager Formats

  • BibTeX
  • Bookends
  • EasyBib
  • EndNote (tagged)
  • EndNote 8 (xml)
  • Medlars
  • Mendeley
  • Papers
  • RefWorks Tagged
  • Ref Manager
  • RIS
  • Zotero
Share
Unlocking the benefits of the Baveno VI guidance when screening for varices: an audit of clinical practice across London
Michael Colwill, Luke Lake, Ahmed El-Sayed, Jonathan King, Rawen Kader, Eathar Shakweh, Andra Caracostea, Louise China, James Maurice
Future Healthc J Mar 2022, 9 (1) 41-44; DOI: 10.7861/fhj.2021-0130
del.icio.us logo Digg logo Reddit logo Twitter logo Facebook logo Google logo Mendeley logo
  • Tweet Widget
  • Facebook Like
  • Google Plus One

Jump to section

  • Article
    • ABSTRACT
    • Introduction
    • Methods
    • Results
    • Discussion
    • Conclusion
    • Supplementary material
    • Acknowledgements
    • References
  • Figures & Data
  • Info & Metrics

Related Articles

  • Google Scholar

Cited By...

  • No citing articles found.
  • Google Scholar

More in this TOC Section

  • The Wolfson Prize: designing the hospital of the future
  • Developing frailty friendly hospitals: the Specialised Clinical Frailty Network
  • What do physician associates think about independent prescribing?
Show more Original research

Similar Articles

FAQs

  • Difficulty logging in.

There is currently no login required to access the journals. Please go to the home page and simply click on the edition that you wish to read. If you are still unable to access the content you require, please let us know through the 'Contact us' page.

  • Can't find the CME questionnaire.

The read-only self-assessment questionnaire (SAQ) can be found after the CME section in each edition of Clinical Medicine. RCP members and fellows (using their login details for the main RCP website) are able to access the full SAQ with answers and are awarded 2 CPD points upon successful (8/10) completion from:  https://cme.rcplondon.ac.uk

Navigate this Journal

  • Journal Home
  • Current Issue
  • Ahead of Print
  • Archive

Related Links

  • ClinMed - Home
  • FHJ - Home

Other Services

  • Advertising
futurehosp Footer Logo
  • Home
  • Journals
  • Contact us
  • Advertise
HighWire Press, Inc.

Follow Us:

  • Follow HighWire Origins on Twitter
  • Visit HighWire Origins on Facebook

Copyright © 2021 by the Royal College of Physicians