Current clinical topics in gastrointestinal pharmacology

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