3. Appropriateness of Gastroscopy: Barrett's Esophagus 1

The European Panel on Appropriateness of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (EPAGE): Project and Methods

“…Given the reproducibility of the method and the elements of its validity that were available, the authors chose the RAND appropriateness method [17] to develop guidelines for the use of upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy and colonoscopy, described in the articles of this issue of the journal [18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32]. The evaluation of the appropriateness of endoscopy was supplemented, in a subsequent stage, with an evaluation of the necessity of endoscopy, using the ex tension of the RAND method concerning necessary (cru cial) care [33].…”

“…The method for the selection of articles to be included in the literature review is included in the latter section of this article. The relevant results from that litera ture review are included in the individual articles of this is sue of the journal dealing with the results of the panel for different clinical situations for which endoscopy might be considered [18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32].…”

5. Appropriateness of Gastroscopy: Bleeding and Dysphagia 1

“…Achalasia, tylosis, lye stricture, Plummer-Vinson syndrome, ionizing radiation, Zenker's diverticula, and head and neck cancer [56] are also risk factors. Bar rett's esophagus and adenocarcinoma are covered in a se parate article in this issue of the Journal [58].…”

EPACT II: Project and Methods

“…Using the experience gained by previous successful panels dealing with the appropriateness of endoscopy [7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23] when treating CD, a new expert panel on the therapy of CD using the RAM will be convened in Switzerland. This chapter describes the methods used for the literature reviews and the systematic approach of the RAM used during the expert panel meeting.…”