Dr. Hillard M. Lazarus presents "Allogeneic Transplants: No Such Thing as a Normal Donor" but first explaining how allogeneic blood and marrow donors are not normal patients: they're not patients at all! These donors are altruistic persons who are saving a life as well as putting themselves at risk for incurring problems. Dr. Lazarus goes into great detail about Allogeneic Transplants and the importance of this discussion.
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Dr. Luis S. Marsano presents Variceal Hemorrhage by discussing classification, management, history, and treatment of variceal bleeding. He then discusses the effects of antibiotics as well as rescue treatments and different forms of drug therapy.
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Dr. Luis S. Marsano presents Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage by first discussing acute upper non-variceal bleeding. He then explains the signs and causes of GI bleeding as well as initial management. After, he talks about different endoscopies, medical therapy, and indications for surgery.
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In this lecture, Dr. Padmini Moffett presents Genitourinary Cancers with a quick overview on the different types of cancer like prostate cancer, renal cell carcinoma, bladder cancer, and testicular cancer as well as the risk factors for these types of cancers. After, she discusses diagnosis and concludes with treatment and risk factors involved with each treatment method.
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Dr. Krem discusses age-related and biological factors for low-grade lymphoma pathogenesis and outcomes. He then explains the mechanisms of action from low-grade lymphoma therapies. He finishes by applying recent efficacy and toxicity data to older patients with low-grade lymphoma.
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In this lecture, Dr. Mounika Mandadi presents ' Breast Cancer' by discussing epidemiology, screening, risk reduction, DCIS, and staging. She then finishes her talk with treatment, surveillance and survivorship.
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Dr. Luis Marsano delves into providing adequate nutrition for patients with cirrhosis to prevent hepatic encephalopathy and alcoholic hepatitis. He also addresses minimizing morbidity; including preventing refractory ascites and hepatorenal syndrome and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis prevention.
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In this lecture, Dr. Craig McClain discusses the pathogenesis of alcoholic liver disease, treatment, and patient cases. Dr. McClain uses his expertise in nutrition to discuss risk factors and advanced pathophysiology that predispose patients to excess harm from alcohol. He closes with a focus on where the research on treatment is and what the most recent evidence tells us about how we might improve clinical management.
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Rebecca Redman presents an approach to GI cancers from the perspective of an internist. She covers workup of gastrointestinal cancers, the differences between curative and palliative treatment, and types of treatment. She spends a great deal of time on colorectal cancer then discusses esophageal and gastric cancers, hepatocellular carcinoma, pancreatic cancer and GI neuroendocrine tumors.
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