Current Clinical Topics in Gastrointestinal Pharmacology

James H Lewis MD FACP FACG, Associate Professor of Medicine, Director ofHepatology, Division of Gastroenterology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washingston, District of Columbiaand Andre DuBois MD PhD, Professor of Medicine

1. Antibiotic Prophylaxis and Gastrointestinal Procedures; 2. Antiemetic and Prokinetic Agents; 3. Antimicrobial Therapy for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Effects on the Gastrointestinal Tract and Biliary Tree; 4. Antimicrobial Therapy of Helicobacter Pylori; 5. Conscious Sedation for Endoscopy; 6. Histamine2 Receptor Antagonists; 7. Medical Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease; 8. Peptide Therapy: Recent Advances in the Use of Somatostatin and Other Peptide Receptor Agonists and Antagonists; 9. Pharmacologic Treatment and Prevention of Gastrointestinal Malignancies; 10. The Pharmacologic Treatment of Portal Hypertension; 11. Prevention and Treatment of Viral Hepatitis; 12. Proton Pump Inhibitors; Index