RCGP Curriculum - 15.2 Digestive Problems
Digestive problems are common in general practice, and the GP has a central role in the diagnosis and management of digestive problems in primary care. This RCGP curriculum statement covers conditions of the entire gastrointestinal tract, including the liver, pancreas, gall bladder and perianal area.
Here we have collated key articles from our journals to help you meet the curriculum requirements in this area.
SYMPTOMS
- Red flag Symptoms - Jaundice
- Red Flag Symptoms - Abdominal pain
- Red flag symptoms - Vomiting in adults
- Clinical Review - Acute abdomen
- Red flag symptoms - Diarrhoea
- Paediatric medicine - Recurrent abdominal pain
- Small bowel obstruction
- Red flag symptoms - Abdominal pain
- CKS Clinical Solutions - Pruritus ani
- The basics - Faecal incontinence
- Treating acute infectious diarrhoea
- Paediatric diarrhoea
- Red Flag Symptoms: Constipation
- How to manage and treat constipation
- Case Study - A child's problem in an adult
- Constipation in children
- The basics - Dyspepsia
- CKS Clinical solutions - Dyspepsia
- Red Flag Symptoms - Dyspepsia
- Red flag symptoms - Dysphagia
- Clinical Review - Peptic ulcer disease
- Clinical Q&A: Urine glucose and black stools
- Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
- Red flag symtoms - Jaundice in an adult
- Case study - Jaundice is cause for concern
- Red flag symptoms
- Red flag symptoms - Rectal bleeding
GORD
GALLSTONES AND GALLBLADDER DISEASE
INVESTIGATIONS
- Expert opinion: screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm
- The basics - Coeliac disease
- Making a diagnosis of coeliac disease
- Rectal cancer
- Faecal H pylori test is best for dyspepsia
- H pylori tests for dyspepsia
- Investigating abnormal liver function tests
- Investigating abnormal liver tests
- Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
EMERGENCY CARE
DYSPEPSIA, GASTRITIS AND ULCERATION
INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE
IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME
OTHER CONDITIONS
- Clinical Review - Mesenteric ischaemia
- The Basics - Acute pancreatitis
- The Basics - Management of threadworms
- Clinical Review - Large bowel obstruction
- Appendicitis
- Clinical Review: Colorectal cancer
- Q&A - Hepatitis
- Chronic hepatitis and cirrhosis
- The basics - Gastroenteritis and diarrhoea
- The basics - Coeliac disease
- Making a diagnosis of coeliac disease
- How to manage and treat constipation
- Diverticular disease
- The management options for patients with haemorrhoids
OTHER RELATED ARTICLES
These curriculum resources are regularly updated with relevant articles from our range of healthcare publications. All articles are reviewed by GP advisers. We have set the standard lifetime of an article at two years and will aim to renew all articles within that timeframe. However, some older articles will remain in the listing if our reviewers believe there to be no significant changes to the topic covered.
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