Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Registration and dinner:
6:00 p.m.
Symposium:
6:30–8:00 p.m.

 

Gaylord Palms Resort Hotel
& Convention Center
Room Osceola D
6000 W. Osceola Parkway
Orlando, FL 34746

 

 

 

This activity will be held during the ACG Annual Meeting. It is not considered part of the official scientific program of ACG.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Learning objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be better able to:

• Identify the patients whose response to current PPIs needs improving
• Specify the factors contributing to incomplete response to current PPIs
• Select the most appropriate investigations for patients with refractory GERD
• Evaluate the new generation of longer-acting PPIs for the management of patients with GERD, including severe erosive esophagitis
• Describe the importance of controlling nocturnal acid secretion to improve sleep patterns and to avoid the potentially serious complications of prolonged night-time esophageal acid exposure
• Explain the epidemiology and presentation of GERD in older patients, and discuss the management of GERD in this age group.