A consensus integrated care pathway for patients with primary biliary cholangitis: a guideline-based approach to clinical care of patients

This article describes the development by expert consensus of a 'PBC Integrated Patient Care Pathway' to simplify and standardize the management of PBC for clinicians based on current practice.EXPERT OPINION: Guideline adoption is potentially poor in practice since most patients with PBC in the community are seen by general gastroenterologists or hepatologists without a special interest in autoimmune liver disease. The PBC Integrated Patient Care Pathway is a best practice tool for clinicians designed to complement the EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of PBC patients. It gives clinicians a practical decision tree of the key steps in PBC management, thereby providing a simplified framework and an opportunity for more uniform practice that supports the safe and timely adoption of varied models of care provision to patients with PBC.PMID:34233565 | DOI:10.1080/17474124.2021.1945919
Source: Expert Review of Gastroenterology and Hepatology - Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Source Type: research