Wikipedia:WikiProject Medicine/Gastroenterology task force



Welcome to the Endoscopy Unit!

The Gastroenterology task force of WikiProject Medicine aims to better organize information in articles related to Gastroenterology. Gastroenterology is the branch of medicine dealing with diseases of the liver and digestive tract. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page and see the to-do list there.

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Scope
Gastroenterology is the branch of medicine that deals with diseases of the liver and the digestive tract.

This task force aims to:
 * increase the quality of the current articles on gastroenterology topics by increasing their medical content while keeping them accessible to individuals with no specialty medical knowledge
 * facilitate the creation of new articles on topics in gastroenterology and hepatology
 * ensure that articles created on gastroenterology topics are well referenced, including the insertion of up-to-date links to the most recent literature
 * maintain consistency per WP:MOS on gastroenterology articles
 * increase the number of endoscopic images attached to articles
 * produce gastroenterology-themed featured articles based on the above
 * include both traditional and complementary and alternative medicine therapies for gastrointestinal illness, with appropriate focus based on the evidence
 * improve the gastroenterology bluebox

Related Wikiportals

 * Portal:Medicine

Participants
All wikipedians are welcome to join! You need no medical expertise or specific gastroenterology expertise in order to contribute to this wikiproject.


 * Jon Holly
 * Andrewr47 15:51, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Samir  धर्म
 * Dwaipayan (talk) 08:46, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
 * David Ruben (talk) - GP
 * JFW | T@lk  11:08, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
 * InvictaHOG 11:03, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
 * &mdash; CJewell (talk to me) 07:10, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Dr.Gonzo (talk) 14:04, 09 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Nephron T|C 06:50, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
 * BaseballBaby 08:35, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Sarah Ewart (Talk) 14:26, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Stephen Holland - Kd4ttc (Talk) Kd4ttc 21:06, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
 * --Countincr ( T@lk ) 18:44, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
 * --Maen.k.a
 * Gilo1969 (talk) 23:35, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Papercutbiology♫ (talk) 15:58, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Redviolin87 (talk) 03:21, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Gsibbel (talk) 20:38, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Talkandcontribute (talk) 13:45, 05 August 2015 (UTC)
 * McortNGHH (talk) 19:40, 17 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Rytyho (talk) 20:15, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
 * CheckDO (talk) 19:48, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

Articles needing creation or improvement

 * Gastroenterology
 * Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy
 * Endoscopic ultrasound
 * Therapeutic endoscopy
 * Double-balloon enteroscopy
 * Infliximab --> spun off IBD therapy into Biological therapy for inflammatory bowel disease
 * Non-lifting sign
 * Endoscopy unit
 * Self-expandable metallic stent
 * Polypectomy (great pics from Steve Holland on the colonoscopy page! I have others also -- Samir    धर्म  )
 * Endoscopic mucosal resection
 * Sodium picosulfate
 * Chemical colitis needs expansion with additional compounds that can cause colitis -- Samir   धर्म  09:21, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
 * FibroTest created by a self-described employee of the company, needs work to reduce bias
 * Rectal discharge sorry, but I have really lost interest in this page. It looks terrible atm. I feel it is an important sign/symptom and so included it in Template:Digestive system and abdomen symptoms and signs, which no-one seemed to argue with. My main sources are on the talk page tepi (talk) 14:44, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

Articles needing images

 * Peptic ulcer
 * Endoscopy unit
 * Esophageal cancer (added one Samir  धर्म 02:26, 13 July 2006 (UTC))
 * Gastric antral vascular ectasia
 * Internal intussusception | this image would be perfect, but copyright...

Did you know
Did you know? articles on gastroenterology:
 * Gastric lymphoma
 * Schatzki ring
 * Double-balloon enteroscopy
 * Endoscopic foreign body retrieval
 * Treatment of Crohn's disease
 * Acute fatty liver of pregnancy
 * Biological therapy for inflammatory bowel disease
 * Small bowel bacterial overgrowth syndrome
 * Nutcracker esophagus
 * Self-expandable metallic stent
 * Endoclip
 * Portal hypertensive gastropathy
 * Superior mesenteric artery syndrome
 * Intestinal pseudo-obstruction

Featured articles and Featured Lists

 * Helicobacter pylori
 * Timeline of peptic ulcer disease and Helicobacter pylori
 * Cholangiocarcinoma
 * Hepatorenal syndrome
 * Rotavirus, a common cause of infectious gastroenteritis

Good articles

 * Crohn's disease
 * Gastroenteritis
 * Hepatitis B
 * Hepatitis C

Featured picture candidates
None

Wikipedia articles and categories on Gastroenterology

 * Gastroenterology
 * Category:Gastroenterology
 * Category:Endoscopic images

Lists
No lists as of yet

Project notice
The template for marking an article as part of the Gastroenterology task force is part of the WikiProject Medicine banner, WPMED. It can be inserted into an article's talkpage with:



The first "importance" parameter is the subject's importance to the overall field of medicine, according to the guidelines here. The importance of a subject to the field of gastroenterology should be listed with the "gastroenterology-imp" parameter.