Digestive disease week 2011.

摘要

At this year's annual Digestive Disease Week (DDW) meeting, more than 15,000 physicians and 2,000 to 3,000 exhibitors gathered in Chicago from May 7 to 10,2011, to hear the latest research from investigators representing the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease, the American Gastroenterological Association, the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, and the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract. Key sessions included studies of clopidogrel use in colonoscopy;rifaximin to prevent spontaneous bacterial peritonitis; effects of teduglutide, a novel analogue of glucagon-like peptide-2, on parenteral support volume; and the risk of Clostridium difficile infection with the use of specific antibiotics.