Society guideline links: Irritable bowel syndrome

Introduction — 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.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Chronic diarrhea".)

International

●World Gastroenterology Organisation (WGO): Practice guideline on irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) (2015)

Canada

●Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't routinely perform colonoscopy in IBS patients <50 years of age without alarm features (2021)

●Canadian Association of Gastroenterology (CAG): Clinical practice guideline for the management of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) (2019)

United States

●American Gastroenterological Association (AGA): Clinical practice guideline on the pharmacological management of irritable bowel syndrome with constipation (2022)

●AGA: Clinical practice guideline on the pharmacological management of irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea (2022)

●AGA: Clinical practice update on the role of diet in irritable bowel syndrome – Expert review (2022)

●American College of Gastroenterology (ACG): Clinical guideline for the management of irritable bowel syndrome (2021)

●AGA: Clinical practice guidelines on the role of probiotics in the management of gastrointestinal disorders (2020)

●AGA: Clinical practice guidelines on the laboratory evaluation of functional diarrhea and diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome in adults (IBS-D) (2019)

●AGA: Technical review on the evaluation of functional diarrhea and diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome in adults (IBS-D) (2019)

●ACG: Monograph on management of irritable bowel syndrome (2018)

●AGA: Guideline on the pharmacological management of irritable bowel syndrome (2014)

●AGA: Technical review on the pharmacological management of irritable bowel syndrome (2014)

United Kingdom

●British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG): Guidelines on the management of irritable bowel syndrome (2021)

●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Clinical guideline on irritable bowel syndrome in adults – Diagnosis and management (2008, updated 2017)

●British Dietetic Association (BDA): Clinical guidelines – Systematic review and evidence-based practice guidelines for the dietary management of irritable bowel syndrome in adults, update (2016)

●NICE: Quality standard on irritable bowel syndrome in adults (2016)

India

●Indian Neurogastroenterology and Motility Association (INMA) and Indian Society of Gastroenterology: Indian consensus statements on irritable bowel syndrome in adults (2023)

Japan

●[In English] Japanese Society of Gastroenterology (JSGE): Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for irritable bowel syndrome, 2020 (published 2021)

●[In Japanese] JSGE: Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for irritable bowel syndrome, 2nd edition (2020)