Special paper Guidelines on the management of irritable bowel syndrome In memory of Professor Witold Bartnik Anna Pietrzak1,2, Barbara Skrzydło-Radomańska3, Agata Mulak4, Michał Lipiński5, Ewa Małecka-Panas6, Jarosław Reguła1,2, Grażyna Rydzewska5,7 1Department of Oncological Gastroenterology, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center, Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland 2Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Clinical Oncology, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland 3Department of Gastroenterology, Medical University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland 4Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland 5Department of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology with Inflammatory Bowel Disease Subdivision, Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of the Interior, Warsaw, Poland 6Department of Digestive Tract Diseases, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland 7Department of the Prevention of Alimentary Tract Diseases, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, Jan Kochanowski University, Kielce, Poland Gastroenterology Rev 2018; 13 (4): 259–288 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/pg.2018.78343 Key words: irritable bowel syndrome, IBS, recommendations, guidelines, IBS treatment, diastolic drugs, antidepressants, rifaximin α, loperamide, macrogols. Address for correspondence: Anna Pietrzak, Department of Oncological Gastroenterology, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center, Institute of Oncology, 5 Roentgena St, 02-781 Warsaw, Poland, phone: +48 22 546 23 28, e-mail:
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