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Article: de Franchis R; Baveno VI Faculty. Expanding consensus in portal hypertension Report of the Baveno VI Consensus Workshop: Stratifying risk and individualizing care for portal hypertension. J Hepatol 2015; 63: 743-52. Comments The latest update of the Baveno consensus was held on April 10-11 of 2015 in Baveno, Italy. The meeting led by Professor Robert deFranchis started in 1986 and has been held approximately every 5 years with a publication following each meeting. This latest Baveno VI workshop was attended by the “who is who” in world of portal hypertension; mainly experts responsible for most data produced in the last decade. The goals of these meetings are to develop and update definitions of key events and concepts in portal hypertension. The proceedings of these meetings are considered by most Hepatologists the quintessential guidelines in portal hypertension. Since they are organized under the auspices of EASL they are therefore considered the EASL guidelines of portal hypertension. Other guidelines from the United States (AASLD), Asia (APASL) and the UK are also very popular, but do not use the format of the Baveno guidelines. A key issue of this consensus is that is it constantly evolving over prior definitions. In all meetings the experts review the evidence on the natural history, the diagnosis and the management of portal hypertension and make evidence-based recommendations not only on these topics but also recommend research agendas in the field. All these meetings are highly successful and produce a consensus statement on almost aspects related to portal hypertension in adults and children.

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