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Review

Volume 4, Number 5, October 2011, pages 185-193

Criteria for Referring Patients With Outpatient Gastroenterological Disease for Specialist Consultation: A Review of the Literature

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1. Diagram of literature search strategy for gastroenterology referral tool.
Figure 2.
Figure 2. Inclusion and exclusion criteria.

Table

Table 1. List of Retained References with Referral Criteria for Colorectal Cancer, Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer, Hepatitis and Functional Bowel Disease
 
First AuthorCountryYearCitationColorec-tal CaUpper GI CaHepatitisFunc-tional
Assoc of Coloproctology of Great Britian & Ireland[8]UK2007http://www.acpgbi.org.uk/assets/documents/COLO_guides.pdf•
Allum WH[9]UK2002Gut. 50 Suppl:v1-23•
Baig MK[10]UK2000Hosp Med. 6197):452-3•
Barry J[11]Ireland2004Ir J Med Sci. 173(3):145-9•
Barwick TW[12]UK2004Colorectal Dis. 6(2):85-91•
Davies RJ[13]UK2002Colorectal Dis. 4(1):28-30•
Fallon HJ[14]US1998Consultant. 38(3):499•
Fijten GH[15]Netherlands1995Fam Prac. 12(3):279-286•
Hamilton W[16]UK2004Fam Pract. 21(1):990106•
Harinath G[17]UK2002Colorectal Dis. 4(2):115-7•
Hodder RJ18]UK2005Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 87(6):419-26•
Jiwa M[19]Australia2009Quality in Primary Care. 17:31-36•
John SK[20]UK2008Br J Surg. 95(4):506-14•
Jones J[21]UK2004Gut. 47(Suppl 2): 1-19•
Lawrenson R[22]UK2006Eur J Cancer Care. (Engl) 15(3): 267-71•
Longstreth GF[41]Multiple2006Gastroenterology 130:1480-91•
Majumdar SR[23]US1999Am J Gastroenterol. 94(10):3039-45•
Melleney EM[24]UK2004Dysphagia. 19(2):78-82•
Moayyedi P[25]Canada2006www.fhs.mcmaster.ca/idrp/cihr_final_report.pdf••
Mostert MC[26]Netherlands2004J Hepatol. 41(6): 1026-1030•
Newton JL[27]UK2001Baillieres Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol. 15(6):1013-25••
National Health Service[28]UK2000http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_4008746••
Panter SJ[29]UK2004Br J Gen Pract. 54(505):611-13•
Paterson WG[30]Canada2006Can J Gastroenterol. 20(6):411-423••••
Selvachandran SN[31]UK2002Lancet. 360(9329):278-83•
Spiller R[32]UK2007Gut. 56(12):1770-1798•
Tan YM[33]Malaysia2002J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 17(3):281-4•
Thomas PD[34]UK2003Gut. 52 Suppl 5:v1-15•
Thompson MR[35]UK2003BMJ. 327(7409):263-5•
Thompson MR[36]UK2007Br J Surgery. 94:1260-1265.•
Tytgat G[37]Multiple1999Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 11(3): 223-30•
UK Dept Health[38]UK2000http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_4006963••
VanKerkhoven LA[39]Netherlands2007Endoscopsy. 39(6):502-6.•
Wirral Hospital Trust[40]UK2001Merseyside, UK: The Trust•