Pharmacology of GI Disorders 2024

Price: $299 for 15 Contact Hours

Learning Objectives

Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Tools for Successful treatment:

• Recognize the various manifestations of IBS.

• Distinguish IBS from Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD).

• Examine the usefulness of “Alarm Symptoms” .

• Choose the best treatments for IBS .

Bootcamp for Elevated Liver Function Tests:

• Define Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) and Non Alcoholic Steato Hepatitis (NASH).

• Identify at risk patients and review treatment options.

• Recognize frequently encountered gallbladder and common duct clinical dilemmas.

• Describe what a primary care provider should know about Hepatitis C.

Celiac Disease or Something Else?

• Describe the varied clinical manifestations of Celiac Disease (Sprue).

• Define the workup of Celiac Disease especially when a patient is already on a self imposed gluten free diet.

• Recognize the entity of Non Celiac Gluten Sensitivity.

• Identify how the symptoms of Celiac Disease, Non Celiac Gluten sensitivity, and Irritable Bowel Syndrome can be identical.

Dysphagia, Dyspepsia, GERD, Barrett’s and the Primary Care Provider:

• Distinguish gastro esophageal reflux disease (GERD) from dyspepsia.

• Acknowledge the true risks of chronic proton pump inhibitor use.

• Update your knowledge on esophageal diseases.

• Delineate the risk of Barrett’s Esophagus and esophageal cancer.

Update on Probiotics, Prebiotics, Clostridium difficile and Fecal Transplants: What You Need to Know:

• Recognize the proven GI uses of Probiotics.

• Understand the difficulty in comparing products.

• Describe how to diagnose and treat Cl difficile in 2024.

• Recognize how fecal transplants may be the ultimate Probiotic.

Assessing Abdominal Pain: A Practical Review

• Define the appropriate workup for several interactive cases of acute abdominal pain.

• Illustrate the pitfalls in making a diagnosis.

Inflammatory Bowel Disease Update:

• Distinguish Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) from Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS).

• Describe the workup of IBD.

• Distinguish Crohn’s Disease from Ulcerative Colitis.

• Choose the “best” treatments for Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis.

• Discuss controversies surrounding IBD.

Peptic Ulcer Disease and Helicobacter Highlights:

• Identify the importance of risk factors in the development of UGI bleeding.

• Select appropriate candidates for long term PPI therapy.

• Review non invasive ways of making a H pylori diagnosis.

• Manage antibiotic therapy for Helicobacter 2024.

Colon Cancer Evaluation and Prevention: What’s New?:

• Show the best practices that lead to colon cancer prevention.

• Review types of polyps and their consequences.

• Review the pitfalls of colonoscopy screening.

• Show reasonable alternatives to colonoscopy.

Evaluation and Treatment of Chronic Diarrhea:

• Recognize the common sources of chronic diarrhea including: Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Pancreatic Insufficiency, Post cholecystectomy diarrhea, Sprue, Microscopic Colitis.

• Review treatment options.

Constipation Conundrums:

• Recognize specialized, advanced testing for constipated patients unresponsive to standard care.

• Recognize fecal overflow incontinence.

• Recognize how Peripheral Acting Mu Opioid Receptor Antagonists are useful in treating opioid induced constipation.

Clinical Dilemmas in GI Bleeding:

• Describe the limitations of colonoscopy.

• Recognize the importance of “Alarm Symptoms”.

• Describe advanced endoscopic techniques that are used to evaluate GI bleeding.

• Recognize the safe use of anti platelet and anticoagulation meds post GI bleeding.

Diverticular Dilemmas

• Cite risk factors in developing diverticular diseases.

• Explore controversy surrounding antibiotic use in uncomplicated diverticulitis

• Elaborate on various treatment modalities for bleeding diverticulitis.

• Identify new surgical paradigms.