Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine


Irritable Bowel Syndrome 
Implications of Current Evidence
For the Primary Care Physician

Supplement Editor:
Edy E. Soffer, MD
The Cleveland Clinic

Special Edition
June 2003

Supplement 2 to Volume 70

 

 

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CONTENTS

Continuing Medical Education Information

Review Article
Irritable bowel syndrome: 
An overview of diagnosis and pharmacologic treatment
KEVIN W. OLDEN, MD

Roundtable discussion
Irritable bowel syndrome:
New tools and insights for the primary care physician

Case presentation
Screening: How much is enough?
Other key considerations in the evaluation
When to refer
Treatment: General issues and approach
Factoring in depressive disorders
Safety and the serotonin system
Comfort levels with the newer agents

Instructions for taking the CME self-test
  

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