Statewide referral criteria for referrals to public hospital gastroenterology services for adults
Conditions
Abnormal liver function tests
Criteria for referring adults with abnormal liver function tests to a gastroenterology service in a Victorian public hospital
Chronic refractory constipation
Criteria for referring adults with chronic refractory constipation to a gastroenterology service in a Victorian public hospital
Chronic refractory diarrhoea
Criteria for referring adults with chronic refractory diarrhoea to a gastroenterology service in a Victorian public hospital
Cirrhosis
Criteria for referring adults with cirrhosis to a gastroenterology service in a Victorian public hospital
Coeliac disease
Criteria for referring adults with coeliac disease to a gastroenterology service in a Victorian public hospital
Constipation with sentinel findings
Criteria for referring adults with constipation with sentinel findings to a gastroenterology service in a Victorian public hospital
Diarrhoea with sentinel findings
Criteria for referring adults with diarrhoea with sentinel findings to a gastroenterology service in a Victorian public hospital
Dysphagia - gastroenterology
Criteria for referring adults with dysphagia to a gastroenterology service in a Victorian public hospital.
Dysphagia - diagnostic gastroscopy
Criteria for referring adults for a diagnostic gastroscopy for dysphagia to a Victorian public hospital that offers direct access to gastroscopy
Gastroesophageal reflux
Criteria for referring adults with gastroesophageal reflux to a gastroenterology service in a Victorian public hospital
Hepatitis B
Criteria for referring adults with hepatitis B to a gastroenterology service in a Victorian public hospital
Hepatitis C
Criteria for referring adults with hepatitis C to a gastroenterology service in a Victorian public hospital
Inflammatory bowel disease
Criteria for referring adults with inflammatory bowel disease to a gastroenterology service in a Victorian public hospital
Persistent iron deficiency
Criteria for referring adults with persistent iron deficiency to a gastroenterology service in a Victorian public hospital
Positive faecal occult blood test (FOBT) - diagnostic colonoscopy
Criteria for referring adults that have a positive faecal occult blood test (FOBT) for a diagnostic colonoscopy in a Victorian public hospital that offers direct access to colonoscopy
Rectal bleeding
Criteria for referring adults with rectal bleeding to a gastroenterology service in a Victorian public hospital
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