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Podcast: Stay Current in Pediatric Surgery
Episode: Intestinal Failure
Description: An interactive discussion about intestinal failure between Todd Ponsky, MD and Brad Warner, MD.
Dr. Warner is the Jessie L. Ternberg, MD, PhD Distinguished Professor of Pediatric Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine and surgeon-in-chief for St. Louis Children’s Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri.
Table of Contents
00:00 - Introduction
01:39 - What is intestinal failure?
02:50 - Required bowel length
05:39 - Nature history of short gut
07:07 - Mortality in intestinal failure
07:39 - Small bowel transplant candidacy
09:15 - Causes of short gut
09:42 - Medical management of short gut syndrome
12:40 - Primary prevention of TPN cholestasis
16:15 - Summary of medical management
18:03 - Im...