Kitano, Masayuki;
Gresss, Thomas;
Garg, Pramod;
Itoi, Takao;
Irisawa, Atsushi;
Isayama, Hiroyuki;
Kanno, Atsushi;
Takase, Kei;
Levy, Michael;
Yasuda, Ichiro;
Whitcomb, David.
This paper is part of the international consensus guidelines on chronic pancreatitis, presenting for interventional endoscopy. An international working group with experts on interventional endoscopy evaluated 26 statements generated from evidence on 9 clinically relevant questions. The Grading of Recomme...
Buda, N;
Kosiak, W;
Wełnicki, M;
Skoczylas, A;
Olszewski, R;
Piotrkowski, J;
Skoczyński, S;
Radzikowska, E;
Jassem, E;
Grabczak, E. M;
Kwaśniewicz, P;
Mathis, G;
Toma, T. P.
A growing amount of evidence prompts us to update the first version of recommendations for
lung ultrasound in internal medicine (POLLUS-IM) that was published in 2018. The recommendations
were established in several stages, consisting of: literature review, assessment of literature data
quality (with the...
Since 2007 the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Joint United Nations
Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) have recommended voluntary medical male
circumcision (VMMC) as an important strategy for the prevention of heterosexually
acquired HIV in men in settings where the prevalence of heterosexually trans...
WHO estimates that in 2015, 257 million people were living with chronic hepatitis B
virus (HBV) infection worldwide, and that 900 000 had died from HBV infection, mostly
as a result of cirrhosis or hepatocellular carcinoma. Most HBV-associated deaths among
adults are secondary to infections acquired at b...
Since its identification in China in December 2019, the novel coronavirus COVID-19 has rapidly evolved into a pandemic. COVID-19 manifests with non-specific respiratory symptoms of variable severity and may require advanced respiratory support. The diagnosis of COVID-19 is currently confirmed by laborato...
Hegyi, Peter;
Parniczky, Andrea;
Lerch, Markus;
Sheel, Andrea;
Rebours, Vinciane;
Forsmark, Chris;
Del Chiaro, Marco;
Rosendahl, Jonas;
De-Madaria, Enrique;
Szücs, Akos;
Sahin-Tóth, Miklós.
Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is a complex inflammatory disease with remarkably impaired quality of life and permanent damage of the pancreas. This paper is part of the international consensus guidelines on CP and presents the consensus on factors elevating the risk for CP. An international working group wit...
Esposito, Irene;
Hruban, Ralph;
Verbeke, Caroline;
Terris, Benoit;
Zamboni, Giuseppe;
Scarpa, Aldo;
Morohoshi, Toshio;
Suda, Koichi;
Luchini, Claudio;
Klimstra, David;
Campbell, Fiona.
Chronic pancreatitis is a complex multifactorial fibro-inflammatory disease. Consensus guidelines are needed for the histopathological evaluation of non-autoimmune chronic pancreatitis (CP). An international working group with experts on the histopathology of CP evaluated 15 statements generated from evi...
This document provides rapid advice on the use of medical masks in communities, at home and at healthcare facilities in areas that have reported outbreaks caused by the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). It is intended for public health and infection prevention and control (IPC) professionals, healthcar...
In the health sector response to the HIV epidemic, collection, analysis and use of data are
crucial at every level, from patient care and monitoring through programme management and
national programme monitoring to global monitoring. This strategic information answers the
questions: “How are patients d...
Histoplasmosis is a disease caused by the fungus Histoplasma capsulatum. This disease is highly endemic in some regions of North America, Central America, and South America and is also reported in certain countries of Asia and Africa. It often affects people with impaired immunity, including people livin...
