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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General guidance for adults and children
●United States
●Europe
•United European Gastroenterology (UEG): COVID-19 and digestive health
●United Kingdom
•British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG): COVID-19 guidance and advice
•BSG: Advice on COVID-19 for patients with gastrointestinal or liver conditions (2020, updated 2021)
•BSG: Guidance on rebooting gastroenterology and hepatology outpatients in the wake of COVID-19 (2020, updated 2021)
•BSG and BASL: COVID-19 – Advice for healthcare professionals in gastroenterology and hepatology (2020, updated 2021)
•National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): COVID-19 rapid guideline – Gastrointestinal and liver conditions treated with drugs affecting the immune response (2020, updated 2021)
●Australia–New Zealand
Cancer care in adults and children
Endoscopy and other procedures in adults and children
●International
●Canada
•Canadian Association of Gastroenterology (CAG): COVID-19 – Advice for endoscopy facilities (2020)
•CAG: COVID-19 – Framework for the resumption of endoscopic activities (2020)
●United States
•AGA: Rapid recommendations for gastrointestinal procedures during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020)
•AGA: Rapid review and recommendations on the role of pre-procedure SARS-CoV-2 testing and endoscopy (2020)
•ASGE: Guidance for resuming GI endoscopy and practice operations after the COVID-19 pandemic (2020)
●Europe
●United Kingdom
•British Association for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (BAPEN) and British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG): Joint statement on endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) insertion (2020, updated 2021)
•BSG: An update to information and guidance for endoscopy services in the COVID-19 pandemic (2021)
•BSG: Guidance in relation to GI physiology provision during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020, updated 2021)
•BSG: Guidance on recommencing GI endoscopy in the deceleration and early recovery phase of the COVID-19 pandemic (2020, updated 2021)
•BSG: Interim guidance – COVID-19 specific non-biopsy protocol for those with suspected coeliac disease (2020, updated 2021)
•BSG: Multi-society guidance on further recovery of endoscopy services during the post-pandemic phase of COVID-19 (2020, updated 2021)
•BSG and Joint Advisory Group (JAG): Guidance on endoscopy activity and COVID-19 (2020, updated 2021)
●Australia–New Zealand
•GESA: Updated recommendations on endoscopic procedure triage (2020)
●Japan
•[In English] Asian Pacific Society for Digestive Endoscopy (APSDE): Practice of endoscopy during COVID-19 pandemic – Position statement (APSDE-COVID statements) (2020)
•[In Japanese] Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society (JGES): Recommendations for gastrointestinal endoscopic medical care for new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) (2020)
Inflammatory bowel disease in adults
●International
•IOIBD: Best practice guidance for endoscopy for IBD during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020)
•IOIBD: Care of the IBD patient requiring hospitalization or surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020)
●Canada
●United States
●Europe
●United Kingdom
•British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG): Expanded consensus advice for the management of IBD during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020, updated 2021)
•BSG: Guidance for management of inflammatory bowel disease during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020, updated 2021)
•BSG and IBD Clinical Research Group: Position statement on SARS-CoV-2 vaccination (2021)
●Australia–New Zealand
•GESA: Principles for clinicians caring for patients with IBD during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020)
Inflammatory bowel disease in children
●International
●Europe
●United Kingdom
Liver disease in adults
●United States
●Europe
●United Kingdom
•British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) and British Association for the Study of the Liver (BASL): Advice on use of TIPPS as salvage therapy and the prevention of variceal bleeding during COVID-19 (2020, updated 2021)
•BSG and BASL: COVID-19 advice on hepatology patient risk groups (2020, updated 2021)
●Australia–New Zealand
Liver disease in children
●United States
●United Kingdom
Solid organ transplantation in adults and children
●(See "Society guideline links: COVID-19 – Solid organ transplantation".)
Resources for patients — The following links provide resources about COVID-19 for non-clinicians. These resources come from select society and government-sponsored guidelines from several countries and regions around the world.
●[United States] American College of Gastroenterology (ACG): COVID-19 and GI – Patients
●[United States] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): What to know about liver disease and COVID-19
●[United Kingdom] British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG): Latest COVID-19 advice for patients
●[Australia–New Zealand] Gastroenterological Society of Australia (GESA): COVID-19
UpToDate also offers "The Basics" patient education pieces, which are written by the doctors and editors at UpToDate. These are written in plain language, at the 5th to 6th grade reading level, and answer the main questions a person is likely to have. (See "Patient education: COVID-19 overview (The Basics)" and "Patient education: COVID-19 and children (The Basics)" and "Patient education: COVID-19 and pregnancy (The Basics)" and "Patient education: COVID-19 vaccines (The Basics)".)