Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Gastrointestinal bleeding in adults" and "Society guideline links: Gastrointestinal bleeding in children" and "Society guideline links: Pediatric liver disease".)

International

●Baveno VI Pediatric Satellite Symposium: Summary on primary prophylaxis of variceal bleeding in children and the role of MesoRx bypass (2016)

●Baveno VI Consensus Workshop: Expanding consensus in portal hypertension – Stratifying risk and individualizing care for portal hypertension (2015)

●Portal hypertension in children – Expert pediatric opinion on the report of the Baveno V Consensus Workshop on methodology of diagnosis and therapy in portal hypertension (2012)

United States

●American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD): Practice guidance for the diagnosis, evaluation, and management of ascites, spontaneous bacterial peritonitis and hepatorenal syndrome (2021)

●American College of Gastroenterology (ACG): Clinical guideline – Disorders of the hepatic and mesenteric circulation (2020)

●American College of Radiology (ACR): ACR Appropriateness Criteria on radiologic management of portal hypertension (2020)

●AASLD: 2016 Practice guidance on portal hypertensive bleeding in cirrhosis – Risk stratification, diagnosis, and management (published 2017)

●Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR): Quality improvement guidelines for transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts (2016)

●AASLD: Practice guideline update on the role of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) in the management of portal hypertension – Update 2009 (published 2010)

Europe

●European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL): Clinical practice guidelines for the management of patients with decompensated cirrhosis (2018)

●EASL: Clinical practice guidelines on vascular diseases of the liver (2015)

●Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE): Quality improvement guidelines for transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) (2012)

●EASL: Clinical practice guidelines for the management of ascites, spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, and hepatorenal syndrome in cirrhosis (2010)

United Kingdom

●British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG): Guidelines on the management of ascites in cirrhosis (2020)

●BSG: Guidelines on transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent-shunt in the management of portal hypertension (2020)

●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Interventional procedures guidance on subcutaneous automated low-flow pump implantation for refractory ascites caused by cirrhosis (2018)

●NICE: Medical technologies guidance on pleurX peritoneal catheter drainage system for vacuum-assisted drainage of treatment-resistant, recurrent malignant ascites (2012, updated 2018)

●NICE: Guideline on cirrhosis in over 16s – Assessment and management (2016)

Japan

●Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver (APASL): Recommendations for diagnosis and treatment of noncirrhotic portal fibrosis/idiopathic portal hypertension (2007)