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This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.
The recommendations in the following guidelines may vary from those that appear in UpToDate topic reviews. Readers who are looking for UpToDate topic reviews should use the UpToDate search box to find the relevant content.
Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Crohn disease in adults" and "Society guideline links: Inflammatory bowel disease in children".)
International
●World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES)-American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST): Guidelines for the management of inflammatory bowel disease in the emergency setting (2021)
●International Organization for the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IOIBD): Dietary guidance (2020)
●Surveillance for Colorectal Endoscopic Neoplasia Detection and Management in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients: International Consensus Recommendations (SCENIC): International consensus statement on surveillance and management of dysplasia in inflammatory bowel disease (2015)
●World Gastroenterology Organisation (WGO): Practice guideline on inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) (2015)
Canada
●Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't initiate or escalate long-term medical therapies for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) based only on symptoms (updated 2024)
●Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't unnecessarily prolong the course of intravenous corticosteroids in patients with acute severe ulcerative colitis (UC) in the absence of clinical response (2024)
●Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't use abdominal computed tomography (CT) scan to assess inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in the acute setting unless there is suspicion of a complication (obstruction, perforation, abscess) or a non-IBD etiology for abdominal symptoms (updated 2024)
●Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't use opioids long-term to manage abdominal pain in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) (updated 2024)
●Canadian Association of Gastroenterology (CAG): The Toronto consensus statements for the management of inflammatory bowel disease in pregnancy (2016)
●CAG: Clinical practice guidelines for the medical management of nonhospitalized ulcerative colitis – The Toronto consensus (2015)
●CAG: Position statement regarding the use of thiopurines for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (2014)
United States
●American Gastroenterological Association (AGA): Clinical practice update on noncolorectal cancer screening and vaccinations in patients with inflammatory bowel disease – Expert review (2025)
●AGA: Clinical practice guideline on the management of pouchitis and inflammatory pouch disorders (2024)
●AGA: Clinical practice update on diet and nutritional therapies in patients with inflammatory bowel disease – Expert review (2024)
●AGA: Clinical practice update on endoscopic scoring systems in inflammatory bowel disease – Commentary (2024)
●AGA: Clinical practice update on management of inflammatory bowel disease in patients with malignancy – Commentary (2024)
●AGA: Clinical practice update on pain management in inflammatory bowel disease – Commentary (2024)
●AGA: Clinical practice update on the role of intestinal ultrasound in inflammatory bowel disease – Commentary (2024)
●AGA: Living clinical practice guideline on pharmacological management of moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis (2024)
●AGA: Clinical practice guideline on the role of biomarkers for the management of ulcerative colitis (2023)
●AGA: Clinical practice update on endoscopic surveillance and management of colorectal dysplasia in inflammatory bowel diseases – Expert review (2021)
●AGA: Clinical practice update on management of inflammatory bowel disease in elderly patients – Expert review (2021)
●American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS): Clinical practice guidelines for the surgical management of ulcerative colitis (2021)
●World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES)-American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST): Guidelines for the management of inflammatory bowel disease in the emergency setting (2021)
●American College of Gastroenterology (ACG): Clinical guideline on ulcerative colitis in adults (2019)
●AGA: Clinical practice guidelines on the management of mild-to-moderate ulcerative colitis (2019)
●AGA: Inflammatory bowel disease in pregnancy clinical care pathway (2019)
●ACG: Clinical guideline on preventive care in inflammatory bowel disease (2017)
●AGA: Guideline on therapeutic drug monitoring in inflammatory bowel disease (2017)
●American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE): Guideline on the role of endoscopy in inflammatory bowel disease (2015)
Europe
●European Crohn's and Colitis Organisation (ECCO): Guidelines on extraintestinal manifestations in inflammatory bowel disease (2024)
●ECCO: Guidelines on inflammatory bowel disease and malignancies (2023)
●ECCO: Guidelines on sexuality, fertility, pregnancy, and lactation (2023)
●European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN): Guideline on clinical nutrition in inflammatory bowel disease (2023)
●ECCO: Guidelines on therapeutics in ulcerative colitis − Medical treatment (2022)
●ECCO: Guidelines on therapeutics in ulcerative colitis – Surgical treatment (2022)
●ECCO: Guidelines on the prevention, diagnosis, and management of infections in inflammatory bowel disease (2021)
●European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE): Guideline on endoscopic tissue sampling – Part 2: Lower gastrointestinal tract (2021)
●ECCO-European Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology (ESGAR): Guideline for diagnostic assessment in IBD part 1 – Initial diagnosis, monitoring of known IBD, detection of complications (2019)
●ECCO-ESGAR: Guideline for diagnostic assessment in IBD part 2 – IBD scores and general principles and technical aspects (2019)
United Kingdom
●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Clinical guideline for colorectal cancer prevention – Colonoscopic surveillance in adults with ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease or adenomas (2011, updated 2022)
●British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG): Consensus guidelines on the management of inflammatory bowel disease in adults (2019)
●NICE: Guideline on ulcerative colitis – Management (2019)
●NICE: Quality standard on inflammatory bowel disease (2015)
Australia–New Zealand
●Gastroenterology Society of Australia (GESA): Inflammatory bowel disease – Clinical update for general practitioners and physicians (updated 2018)
Japan
●[In Japanese] Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society (JGES): Guidelines for the endoscopic treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (2024)
●[In English] Japanese Society of Gastroenterology (JSGE): Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for inflammatory bowel disease, 2020 (published 2021)
●[In Japanese] JSGE: Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), 2nd edition (2020)
