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Podcast: Mayo Clinic Talks
Episode: Inflammatory Bowel Disease Series: Health Maintenance in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Description: Host: Darryl S. Chutka, M.D.
Guest: Konstantinos A. Papadakis, M.D.
Due to the complexity and new pharmacologic options for the management of inflammatory bowel disease, patients often have their care provided by a gastroenterologist. They may not see their primary care provider as often as in the past and some of their preventive health maintenance may not get performed. Are patients receiving primarily specialty care still receiving good health maintenance? Are we aware that patients with inflammatory bowel disease have some unique needs regarding their preventive health maintenance and some of the recommendations a...