New medical knowledge and technology are advancing more quickly than most physicians can keep up with and utilize wisely.  This series of lectures allow physicians to improve techniques involved in the diagnosis and management of disease often seen by Internal Medicine physicians.

OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this activity, the participant should be able to:

1.  Exclude an EGID in patients who present with chronic unexplained early satiety, postprandial fullness, bloating and/or diarrhea.

2.  Obtain four duodenal biopsies to search for duodenal eosinophilia (eosinophilic duodenitis) in functional dyspepsia and ask your pathologist to count the eosinophils. 

3.  Prescribe a proton pump inhibitor in standard dose as first line therapy for your patient with functional dyspepsia, with or without IBS. Remember that any benefit may be because of an anti-eosinophil action and alternative options (e.g., diet to eliminate trigger foods) may be worth considering. 

FACULTY DISCLOSURE: Nicholas Talley, AC, MD, PhD, FRACP is a consultant and committee member for various companies and will receive an honorarium.

PLANNER DISCLOSURE: Michael Emmett, MD, Ankit Mehta, MD, and Randall Rosenblatt, MD have no relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.

ACCREDITATION: The A. Webb Roberts Center for Continuing Medical Education of Baylor Scott & White Health is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

DESIGNATION: The A. Webb Roberts Center for Continuing Medical Education of Baylor Scott & White Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ABIM MOC: Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.0 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit

For information, please contact Angie Snorgrass@Angie.Snorgrass@bswhealth.org