Dr. Gray reports no commercial conflict of interest.
This activity is made possible by an unrestricted educational grant from the Novartis Foundation for Gerontology.
Release Date: 12/01/1999
Termination Date: 12/01/2002
Estimated time to complete: 1 hour(s).
Albert Einstein College of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.
Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine is accredited
by the Accreditation Council for Continuing
Medical Education to provide continuing medical
education for physicians.
 
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this Cyberounds
®, the participant should be able to:
- Evaluate the patient and make the diagnosis of the irritable bowel syndrome by virtue of the typical history and exclusion of other diseases that may produce similar symptoms
- Enumerate the associated conditions that commonly occur in the setting of IBS
- Discuss the emerging pathophysiologic mechanisms that appear to be important in leading to IBS
- Design a flexible approach to the individual patient, based on the predominant response and the response to therapy.