This episode focuses on important issues related to nutritional assessment and support in surgical patients. Host Rick Greene, MD, FACS, talks to Melissa Coleman, MD, and Joseph Rappold, MD, FACS, about nutritional assessment of critically ill patients, the role of nutrition in the management of a patient with esophageal cancer who is undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy, and more.

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In this episode host Rick Greene, MD, FACS, talks to Lillian Kao, MD, FACS, from The University of Texas, Houston McGovern School of Medicine, about prevention and treatment of surgical site infections. Topics covered include bacterial resistance to antimicrobial drugs, novel therapies on the horizon, and lessons learned from viruses such as COVID and monkeypox.

Learn more about Selected Readings in General Surgery, an American College of Surgeons publication that highlights highly relevant and practice-changing information from the world’s most prominent medical journals.

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In the second episode of a two-part series on trauma, host Rick Greene, MD, FACS, resumes his conversation with M. Zain Hashmi, MD, FACS, and Sabrina Goddard, MD, from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. They discuss lessons from the ACS Advanced Trauma Life Support® program such as managing the difficult airway, indicators of shock, a whole blood approach, and imaging of the trauma patient.

Learn more about Selected Readings in General Surgery, an American College of Surgeons publication that highlights highly relevant and practice-changing information from the world’s most prominent medical journals.

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