Adult

Management of Adult Patients with Severe Chronic Small Intestinal Dysmotility

• Define the spectrum of functional disorders leading to intestinal failure (IF)
• Explain the diagnosis of pseudo-obstruction
• Develop a plan to manage  management of functional IF

Experience with the Acute Intestinal Stroke Unit in Paris

• Describe the evolution of acute mesenteric ischemia
• Plan the appropriate multi-disciplinary management of acute mesenteric ischemia
• Outline outcomes of multi-disciplinary management of acute mesenteric ischemia

Clinical Significance of Pathological Small Bowel Dilatation

• Identify and validate the measurement of small bowel caliber in short bowel syndrome (SBS)
• Compare and contrast the relationship between bowel dilatation and parenteral nutrition complications
• Summarize the relationship between bowel dilatation and enteral autonomy.

Establishing a National Intestinal Failure Service: Lessons from New Zealand

• Summarize the evolution of a new national intestinal failure service
• Describe the  steps in establishing a national intestinal failure service
• Summarize early outcomes for a new national intestinal failure service

Role of the Interventional Radiologist in Intestinal Failure

• Describe the radiological evaluation of loss of venous access
• Describe percutaneous techniques to regain central venous access
• Discuss role of percutaneous intervention in avoiding multivisceral transplant for complicated porto-mesenteric venous thrombosis

Intestinal Failure: Lessons from Latin America (Part 2)

• Understand the development of intestinal transplants in Argentina
• Describe outcomes of ITX in under-resourced geographies
• Understand approaches to developing IF expertise in emerging geographies

Managing Type 2 Intestinal Failure: The SNAP approach

• Describe the pathogenesis of Type 2 IF
• Select management priorities for Type 2 IF, using the SNAP approach
• Summarize the outcomes for type 2 IF

Intestinal Failure: Lessons from Latin America

• Understand the prevelance of SBS/IF treatments in South America
• Describe outcomes of IF in under-resourced geographies 
• Understand approaches to developing IF expertise in emerging geographies 

Quality of Life in Home Parenteral Nutrition and Short Bowel Syndrome

• Evaluate quality of life (QoL) in intestinal failure and HPN patients
• Use qualitative approaches to study QoL of intestinal failure patients
• Summarize outcomes for current QoL studies in IF

Principles of Intestinal Failure Management: The Patient with High Stoma Output

• Describe the clinical features of patients with SBS-IF and jejunostomies
• Discuss the steps in medical treatment of the high output stoma patient
• Summarize current outcomes in this group of patients

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