Systemic Mastocytosis Disease Awareness Infographic: Learn more about this rare disease, its prevelance, symptoms, sub-types and diagnosis.

‘INGEST the best’ was the theme for the 30th anniversary of the United European Gastroenterology (UEG) Week, which took place in Vienna, Austria, and virtually on 8th–11th October 2022.

This is an observational, retrospective, longitudinal, between-groups study design. The authors collected clinical data from patients who had GIP measurement during follow-up from January 2017–June 2021. A descriptive and comparative analysis was performed using SPSS software (IBM, Armonk, New York, USA). The primary objective was to evaluate the clinical effectiveness of GIP measurement during follow-up of patients with coeliac disease. The secondary objective was to analyse the relation between GIP levels and demographic data (gender and age), laboratory results, and histopathology.

Since the detection of the first cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron variant causing COVID-19 infections in South Africa in November 2021, there have been a few population-based reports to suggest that the clinical severity and presentation of this variant is different to previous COVID-19 surges.

IN A symposium session presented at United European Gastroenterology (UEG) Week 2022, experts delved into the challenges presented by…

Functional gastrointestinal disorders are often associated with changes in the psycho-emotional sphere. The urgency of the problem is determined by the fact that functional diseases mainly affect young people of working age. This makes the problem not only medical but also social. The aims of this study were to evaluate the clinical characteristics of anxiety and depression in different subtypes of functional dyspepsia (FD) group in comparison to a control group and to establish the presence of a possible correlation between anxiety/depression and quality of life (QoL).

Barrett’s oesophagus (BO) has a premalignant potential. Several guidelines to optimise surveillance and early detection of dysplasia were produced.1-3 A previous audit in the authors’ hospital revealed significant departure from the guidelines.

Ultrasonography is often the preferred method of imaging for needle-guided procedures of the hip joint, including aspirations, local anaesthetic injections, and the use of corticosteroids. Phantoms (i.e., training devices mimicking human tissue and bony structures under acoustic sonography) are used to help train medical professionals to perform these procedures accurately, emphasising the art of physical simulation in unison with didactic learning.