JSGE Clinical Practice Guidelines 2014: standards, methods, and process of developing the guidelines

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The Japanese Society of Gastroenterology (JSGE) had already published its guidelines on six diseases, namely, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), peptic ulcer disease, liver cirrhosis, Crohn’s disease, gallstone disease, and chronic pancreatitis, in Japanese, and distributed them, together with their sister versions for laypeople, to its members. These guidelines are sold in bookstores, widely used even by people who are not JSGE members, and the contents are often cited in other publications. Considering the need and importance of having proper guidelines on the so-called common diseases, JSGE conducted a questionnaire survey on JSGE councilors to collect their views on priority diseases for which additional guidelines should be developed, and decided to prepare additional guidelines for functional gastrointestinal disorder, colorectal polyp, and NAFLD/NASH. In the subsequent process of developing the guidelines, it was further decided that two separate guidelines, one for functional dyspepsia (FD) and the other for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), should be developed for functional gastrointestinal disorders. Therefore, the second series of JSGE guidelines (JSGE Clinical Practice Guidelines 2014; Japanese version) was published, covering a total of four diseases. …