Clinical Guidelines (Sortable List)

Title Publication Date Update Primary Author Secondary Authors  
Diagnosis and Management of Achalasia December 1999 In progress Michael F. Vaezi, MD, PhD, FACG Joel E. Richter, MD, MACG View
Alcoholic Liver Disease 1 January 2010 Robert S. O'Shea, MD Srinivasan Dasarathy, MD, Arthur J. McCullough, MD View
Diagnosis, Surveillance and Therapy of Barrett’s Esophagus March 2008 Kenneth K. Wang, MD, FACG Richard E. Sampliner, MD, MACG View
Diagnosis and Management of C. difficile-Associated Diarrhea and Colitis May 1997 In Progress Robert Fekety, MD View
Screening and Surveillance of the Early Detection of Colorectal Cancer And Adenomatous Polyps 2 March 2008 Douglas K. Rex, MD, FACG John H. Bond, MD, FACG, David A. Johnson, MD, FACG, David A. Lieberman, MD, FACG, Theodore R. Levin, MD, FACG, Sidney J. Winawer, MD, MACG View
Colorectal Cancer Screening March 2009 Douglas K. Rex, MD, FACG David A. Johnson, MD, FACG, Joseph C. Anderson, MD, Philip S. Schoenfeld, MD, MSEd, MScEpi, FACG, Carol A. Burke, MD, FACG, John M. Inadomi, MD, FACG View
Diagnosis, Treatment and Surveillance for Patients with Colorectal Polyps November 2000 John H. Bond, MD, FACG View
Management of Crohn’s Disease in Adults February 2009 Gary R. Lichtenstein, MD, FACG Stephen B. Hanauer, MD, FACG, William J. Sandborn, MD, FACG View
Acute Infectious Diarrhea in Adults November 1997 Herbert L. DuPont, MD View
Diagnosis and Management of Diverticular Disease of the Colon in Adults November 1999 Neil H. Stollman, MD, FACG Jeffrey B. Raskin, MD, FACG View
Management of Dyspepsia October 2005 Nicholas J. Talley, MD, FACG Nimish Vakil, MD, FACG View
Esophageal Cancer January 1999 Charles J. Lightdale, MD, MACG View
Diagnosis and Treatment of Esophageal Diseases Associated with HIV Infection November 1996 Douglas T. Dieterich, MD, FACG C. Mel Wilcox, MD, FACG View
Esophageal Reflux Testing March 2007 Ikuo Hirano, MD, FACG Joel E. Richter, MD, MACG View
Role of Esophageal Stents in Benign and Malignant Disease February 2010 Prateek Sharma, MD, FACG Richard A. Kozarek, MD, FACG View
Diagnosis and Management of Fecal Incontinence August 2004 Satish S. C. Rao, MD, PhD, FACG View
Diagnosis and Treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease January 2005 In Progress Kenneth R. DeVault, MD, FACG Donald O. Castell, MD, MACG View
Management of the Adult Patient with Acute Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding August 1998 Gregory Zuccaro, Jr., MD, FACG View
Management of Helicobacter pylori Infection August 2007 William D. Chey, MD, FACG Benjamin C. Y. Wong, MD, FACG View
Hepatic Encephalopathy July 2001 Andres T. Blei, MD Juan Cordoba, MD View
An Update on Treatment of Genotype 1 Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection 1 September 2011 Marc G. Ghany, M.D. David R. Nelson, MD, Doris B. Strader, MD, David L. Thomas, MD, Leonard B. Seeff View
Diagnosis, Management, and Treatment of Hepatitis C: An Update 1 April 2009 Marc G. Ghany, MD Dorris B. Strader, MD, David L. Thomas, MD, Leonard B. Seeff, MD View
Liver Disease in the Pregnant Patient July 1999 Caroline A. Riely, MD View
Prevention of NSAID-Related Ulcer Complications March 2009 Frank L. Lanza, MD, FACG Francis K. L. Chan, MD, FACG, Eamonn M. M. Quigley, MD, FACG View
Diagnosis and Management of Neoplastic Pancreatic Cysts October 2007 Asif Khalid, MD, FACG William R. Brugge, MD, FACG View
Acute Pancreatitis October 2006 Peter A. Banks, MD, MACG Martin L. Freeman, MD, FACG View
Management of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis March 2002 Young-Mee Lee, MD Marshall M. Kaplan, MD View
Management of Patients with Ulcer Bleeding March 2012 Loren A. Laine, MD, FACG Dennis M. Jensen, MD, FACG View
Ulcerative Colitis in Adults March 2010 Asher Kornbluth, MD David B. Sachar, MD, MACG View
Prevention and Management of Gastroesophageal Varices and Variceal Hemorrhage in Cirrhosis September 2007 Guadalupe Garcia-Taso, MD Arun J. Sanyal, MD, Norman D. Grace, MD FACG, William D Carey, MD, MACG View

Footnotes

1. The ACG jointly developed and/or endorsed this guidelilne with AASLD.

2. This guideline was jointly developed by the American Cancer Society, the U.S. Multi-Society Task Force on Colorectal Cancer and the American College of Radiology.