Gastroenterology produces dense PDF guidelines: NICE IBD and liver guidelines, BSG position statements, EASL clinical practice guidelines, UEG Week abstracts, and Gut journal articles. This guide shows gastroenterologists how to convert these PDFs to EPUB for mobile reading and annotation.
Gastroenterology is a guideline-heavy speciality spanning two distinct subspecialties — luminal GI and hepatology — each with its own set of international guidelines. NICE IBD guidelines, EASL hepatology guidelines, BSG position statements, ECCO consensus statements, and BSPGHAN paediatric GI guidelines all arrive as dense multi-column PDFs. Converting to EPUB makes this literature readable on any screen without zooming, searchable by keyword, and annotatable for MDT prep, CPD, and service development.
| Source | Content | Access |
|---|---|---|
| NICE (nice.org.uk) | IBD (NG129, NG130), liver, colorectal cancer, coeliac, hepatitis guidelines | Free |
| BSG (bsg.org.uk) | British Society of Gastroenterology guidelines and position statements | Free |
| EASL (easl.eu) | European guidelines: cirrhosis, HCC, NAFLD/MASLD, viral hepatitis, cholestatic liver disease | Free |
| ECCO (ecco-ibd.eu) | European Crohn's and Colitis Organisation consensus statements | Free |
| AGA (gastro.org) | American Gastroenterological Association guidelines and clinical practice updates | Free (most) |
| ACG (gi.org) | American College of Gastroenterology guidelines | Free |
| Gut (BMJ) | BSG flagship journal | Subscription / some OA |
| Journal of Hepatology | EASL flagship; most EASL CPG published here, many OA | Subscription / many OA |
| Lancet Gastro & Hepatology | High-impact GI/liver reviews and RCTs | Subscription / some OA |
Convert NICE TAs for advanced IBD therapies (vedolizumab TA342, ustekinumab TA456, tofacitinib TA611, upadacitinib TA878) to EPUB. Annotate eligibility criteria, monitoring requirements, and stopping rules before biologics governance meetings. ECCO consensus documents on IBD management and positioning of therapies are essential complementary reading.
Keep EASL guidelines for cirrhosis management, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), and metabolic liver disease (MASLD/NAFLD) as EPUBs on your phone. At liver MDT meetings, search the guideline quickly to check staging criteria (BCLC for HCC), treatment recommendations, and surveillance intervals.
Convert BSG/JAG endoscopy quality standards and NICE colorectal cancer surveillance guidelines to EPUB. Use the search function to quickly check adenoma surveillance intervals (NICE NG151) or polypectomy techniques guidance.
Read Gut or Lancet Gastroenterology articles as EPUBs. Annotate key findings and clinical implications, then export annotations as a brief reflection for your CPD e-portfolio. BSG, RCP, and JRCPTB frameworks accept peer-reviewed reading with reflection as CPD evidence.
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