Management of portal hypertensive upper gastrointestinal bleeding: Report of the Coorg Consensus workshop of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology Task Force on Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Indian Journal of Gastroenterology 2018–2022: Looking back from the Editor’s desk!

“…One of the promises was to attract the submission of Indian consensus and even Asian consensus on important issues in digestive diseases. In the last five years, five important consensuses on different digestive diseases got published, of which two are Asian consensus [17][18][19][20][21][22]. These consensus documents are on common gastrointestinal diseases such as chronic constipation, dietary issues in inflammatory bowel disease, gastroesophageal reflux disease, Helicobacter pylori infection, portal hypertensive upper gastrointestinal bleeding and small intestinal bacterial overgrowth [17][18][19][20][21][22].…”

“…In the last five years, five important consensuses on different digestive diseases got published, of which two are Asian consensus [17][18][19][20][21][22]. These consensus documents are on common gastrointestinal diseases such as chronic constipation, dietary issues in inflammatory bowel disease, gastroesophageal reflux disease, Helicobacter pylori infection, portal hypertensive upper gastrointestinal bleeding and small intestinal bacterial overgrowth [17][18][19][20][21][22]. I would also like to thank the supporting societies such as the Indian Society of Gastroenterology and the Indian Neurogastroenterology and Motility Association (earlier named Indian Motility and Functional Diseases Association) for undertaking these important scientific activities.…”