COCHRANE HEPATOBILIARY MEETING PROGRAMME The th 36 biannual

COCHRANE HEPATO-BILIARY MEETING PROGRAMME The th 36 bi-annual Cochrane Hepato-Biliary Group meeting will be held Thursday, April 23, 2015, from 15. 30 to 17: 10 o’clock. Location: Meeting room – Schubert 6, at Reed Messe, Vienna, Austria. Attendance is free. Chair: Christian Gluud, DK. 15: 30 to 15: 35 Welcome and program introduction. C Gluud (DK) 15: 35 to 16: 10 Thresholds for statistical and clinical significance in systematic reviews with meta-analytic methods. JC Jakobsen (DK), J Wetterslev (DK), P Winkel (DK), T Lange (DK), C Gluud (DK). 16: 10 to 16: 35 Transient elastography for diagnosis of stages of hepatic fibrosis and cirrhosis in people with alcoholic liver disease. Cochrane diagnostic test systematic review. CS Pavlov (RO), G Casazza (I), D Nikolova (DK), E Tsochatzis (UK), A Burroughs (UK), VT Ivashkin (RO), C Gluud (DK). 16: 35 to 17: 00 Capsule endoscopy for the diagnosis of oesophageal varices in people with chronic liver disease or portal vein thrombosis. Cochrane diagnostic test systematic review. A Colli (I), JC Gana (CL), D Turner (IL), J Yap (CA), T Adams-Webber (CA), SC Ling (CA), G Casazza (I). 17: 00 to 17: 10 Discussion. Closing remarks. Trusted evidence, informed decisions, better health. We have no commercial and financial interests. The CHBG website <hbg. cochrane. org> The Cochrane Library: www. cochranelibrary. com