The BAD and BSR living guideline for managing people with Behçets

The British Association of Dermatologists and British Society for Rheumatology living guideline for managing people with Behçets 2024 has been co-published today in both the British Journal of Dermatology and Rheumatology.

The overall objective of the current iteration of the Behçets living guideline is to provide up-to-date, evidence-based recommendations for the management of Behçets in adults, children and young people. The guideline has been developed using the BAD’s recommended methodology.

The Guideline Development Group developed:

  • 87 recommendations
  • 10 Future Research Recommendations (FRR)
  • 7 recommended audit points
  • a patient management pathway algorithm
  • a psychological management algorithm

Follow the links below:

Behçets Living Guideline

Behçets guidelines PDF

Patient Information Leaflet

Plain Language Summary

We believe this will make a real difference for Behçet’s Patients and would like to thank everyone involved – Ruth Murphy,  Robert J Moots,  Paul Brogan,  Aykut F Çelik, Mark Clement-Jones,  Ian Coulson,  Adam P Croft,  Suzanne Crozier, Laura Forrest,  Jonathan Harrold,  Steve Higgins,  Ali S M Jawad, Seema Kalra,  Sidra S Khan,  Hilary McKee,  Clare E Pain, Harry Petrushkin,  Ana Poveda-Gallego,  Jane Setterfield, Poonam Sharma,  Richard West,  Christina Wlodek,  Maria Hashme, Lina Manounah,  M Firouz Mohd Mustapa, Alina M Constantin on behalf of the British Association of Dermatologists’ Clinical Standards Unit and the British Society for Rheumatology.