Clinical Practice Guidelines for Functional Dyspepsia in Korea.

Clinical Practice Guidelines for Functional Dyspepsia in Korea. J Neurogastroenterol Motil. 2020 Jan 30;26(1):29-50 Authors: Oh JH, Kwon JG, Jung HK, Tae CH, Song KH, Kang SJ, Kim SE, Jung K, Kim JS, Park JK, Bang KB, Baeg MK, Shin JE, Shin CM, Lee JY, Lim HC, Functional Dyspepsia Research Group and Clinical Practice Guidelines Group Under the Korean Society of Neurogastroenterology and Motility Abstract Functional dyspepsia (FD) is a chronic upper gastrointestinal (GI) symptom complex that routine diagnostic work-up, such as endoscopy, blood laboratory analysis, or radiological examination, fails to identify a cause. It is highly prevalent in the World population, and its response to the various available therapeutic strategies is only modest because of the heterogenous nature of its pathogenesis. Therefore, FD represents a heavy medical burden for healthcare systems. We constituted a guideline development committee to review the existing guidelines on the management of functional dyspepsia. This committee drafted statements and conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of various studies, guidelines, and randomized control trials. External review was also conducted by selected experts. These clinical practice guidelines for FD were developed based on evidence recently accumulated with the revised version of FD guidelines released in 2011 by the Korean Society of Neurogastroenterology and Motility. These guidelines apply to ad...
Source: Journal of Neurogastroenterology and Motility - Category: Gastroenterology Tags: J Neurogastroenterol Motil Source Type: research