Overview

The Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) PocketGuide(tm) is based on the latest American College of Gastroenterology guidelines. This practical quick-reference tool contains screening, diagnostic, treatment algorithm, drug therapy, dosing information, patient monitoring and counselling points. The GERD PocketGuide provides all that is needed to make accurate clinical decisions at the point of care, including key points; diagnostic features; evaluation and treatment recommendations; management algorithm; nonpharmacologic therapies; antireflux surgery indications; current medication tables with brand and generic names; and detailed drug information including strengths, formulations, and comments. Applications include point-of-care, education, QI interventions, clinical trials, medical reference, and clinical research.

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Ronnie Fass, MD, is a professor of medicine at the University of Arizona in Tucson, director of the GI Motility Laboratories at the Southern Arizona VA Health Care System and the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, and head of the Neuro-Enteric Clinical Research Group. He is a member of the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG), the American Gastroenterological Association, and the American Motility Society. He is the chair of the ACG Practice Parameter Committee, and is a recipient of both the American Gastroenterological Association/Janssen Award for Digestive Sciences in Clinical or Basic Research and the Department of Veterans Affairs Investigator of the Year Award (2004). A frequent lecturer and presenter, he is a reviewer for more than 40 journals and has published more than 250 abstracts, editorials, letters, and articles in journals such as Gastroenterology, Gut, American Family Physician, American Journal of Gastroenterology, and Archives of Internal Medicine.

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