Table 2.
Characteristics of the included guidelines
|
Guideline organization/society/authors
|
Year
|
GI etiology
|
Origin
|
Level of development
|
| Iron-Deficiency Anemia Working Group Consensus Report[34] | 2017 | IBD and GIB | Turkey | Scientific committee/expert group |
| The International Consensus Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding Conference Group[38] | 2010 | Nonvariceal UGIB | International | Scientific committee/expert group |
| Dahlerup et al[17] Guideline approved by the Danish Society of Gastroenterology and Hepatology | 2014 | GIB, various etiologies | Denmark | Independent authors and approved by a professional organization/society |
| Baveno IV Consensus Workshop[43] | 2015 | Variceal bleeding | International | Scientific committee/expert group |
| European Crohn's and Colitis Organization[10] | 2015 | IBD | Europe | Professional organization/society |
| Gasche et al[11] | 2007 | IBD | Europe | Scientific committee/expert group |
| British Society of Gastroenterology[12] | 2011 | - | United Kingdom | Professional organization/society |
| Hong Kong Society of Gastroenterology, the Hong Kong IBD Society, the Hong Kong Society of Digestive Endoscopy, and the Hong Kong Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service[13] | 2018 | Acute and chronic GIB | Hong Kong | Professional organization |
| The 2018 Patient Blood Management International Consensus Conference[39] | 2019 | Acute GIB | Germany | Scientific committee/expert group |
| British Society of Gastroenterology[40] | 2019 | ALGIB | United Kingdom | Professional organization |
| National Institute for Health and Care Excellence[41] | 2015 | - | United Kingdom | Professional organization |
| Strate et al[42] | 2016 | ALGIB | United States and Israel | Independent authors |
| World Health Organization[33] | 2001 | - | International | Professional organization |
ALGIB: Acute lower gastrointestinal bleeding; GIB: Gastrointestinal bleeding; IBD: Inflammatory bowel disease; UGIB: Upper gastrointestinal bleeding.