Maurice James, Widlak Monika M, Emmanuel Anton V
Deparment of Hepatology, Imperial College, London, UK.
Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Coventry, UK.
Frontline Gastroenterol. 2019 Jul 19;11(3):249-251. doi: 10.1136/flgastro-2019-101246. eCollection 2020.
The new 'Controversies In…' series for the Frontline Gastroenterology Twitter debates addressed the difficult area of functional gastrointestinal disorders, facilitated by the former editor-in-chief Anton Emmanuel. Key topics discussed included distinguishing functional dyspepsia from genuine gastroparesis, when we should investigate for bile acid malabsorption, the current treatments for constipation-predominant irritable bowel syndrome and, importantly, how to manage consultations with complex patients presenting with functional bowel disease. The debate generated over a million impressions on twitter and this article aims to summarise the key educational points from the event.