A core slide library with comprehensive slide notes, plus 'ready-to-download' presentations.

New core slide library slides now available.

Ready-to-go Meeting Presentations

• NEW: New insights into the pathophysiology of inflammatory bowel disease
  Scott E. Plevy, MD
• NEW: What is unique about pediatric-onset inflammatory bowel disease?
  William A. Faubion, Jr., MD
• The role of biomarkers in the diagnosis and management of IBD
  Marla C. Dubinsky, MD
• Quality-of-life and pharmacoeconomics
  Brian G. Feagan, MD

Archive

Expert critiques of the most important recent publications in IBD.

• NEW: A pilot study of intrastricture steroid versus placebo injection after balloon dilatation of Crohn's strictures
  East JE, Brooker JC, Rutter MD, Saunders BP.
• NEW: The incidence of arterial thromboembolic diseases in inflammatory bowel disease: A population-based study
  Bernstein CN, Wajda A, Blanchard JF.
• NEW: Gender differences in presentation and course of disease in pediatric patients with Crohn's disease.
  Gupta N, Bostrom AG, Kirschner BS, et al.
• NEW: Laparoscopy or conventional open surgery for patients with ileocolonic Crohn's disease? A prospective study
  Fichera A, Peng SL, Elisseou NM, et al.
• NEW: Mortality by medication use among patients with inflammatory bowel disease, 1996–2003
  Hutfless SM, Weng X, Lui L, et al.
• NEW: Diagnostic yield of capsule endoscopy in ulcerative colitis and inflammatory bowel disease of unclassified type (IBDU)
  Mehdizadeh S, Chen G, Enayati PJ, et al.

Bibliography to date

Expert commentary based on the latest published data with downloadable PowerPoint slides illustrating the key information.

• NEW: Vaccinations for patients with Crohn's disease: Who needs them and who can’t get them?
  Corey A. Siegel, MD & John F. Modlin, MD
• NEW: The use of complementary medicine in inflammatory bowel disease
  Shane M. Devlin, MD, FRCPC
• NEW: Genetic testing in Crohn's disease
  Dermot P.B. McGovern, MB BS, PhD, MRCP
• The role of capsule endoscopy in the diagnosis and differentiation of IBD
  Jonathan A. Leighton, MD
• Serologic markers in inflammatory bowel disease: Uses, limitations, and future directions
  Seamus J. Murphy, MD and Maria T. Abreu, MD
• Probiotics, prebiotics, and antibiotics in preventing and treating inflammatory bowel disease
  Balfour Sartor, MD

Archive of previous Hot Topics

Provides an opportunity to hear what the experts have to say about the best of DDW and ACG 2007.

Best of ACG 2007

Best of DDW 2007

Archive

Interactive case scenarios providing best practice solutions to common clinical issues.

• Optimizing thiopurine therapy in Crohn's disease
  Sonia Friedman, MD
• Indeterminate colitis implications for surgical intervention and outcomes
  Robert R. Cima, MD, FACS, FASCRS

Archive of previous Clinical Decision Maps

Responses to the most burning FAQs in Crohn's disease. This is not a CME-certified activity.

• A Suggested Approach to Incidental Ileitis
• Relationship between the menstrual cycle and IBD
• Is anti-TNF-α therapy safe in the peripartum period?
• Delayed infusion reactions: When is it lupus?
• When to use 5-aminosalicylates in Crohn's disease, if at all?

A collection of useful internet resources related to Crohn’s disease.

• CT Colonography
• Corticosteroids, Immunomodulators, and Infliximab in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• Use of GI Medication in Pregnancy
• Perianal Crohn’s Disease
• Crohn's Disease in Adults