PodMed- Week of January 18, 2016

This week’s topics include mental health conditions and bariatric surgery, durability of bariatric surgery in adolescents, fresh or frozen fecal transplant, and a new treatment for COPD.

Program notes:

0:38 Fresh or frozen fecal transplant

1:39 Screen and store frozen samples?

2:39 Two studies demonstrate effectiveness

2:57 Bariatric surgery outcomes in adolescents

3:59 Normalized diabetes in majority

5:06 Mental health issues in those who have bariatric surgery

6:05 No difference in weight loss

7:05 Look at mental health post-op

7:35 A new treatment for COPD

8:32 Place coils in hyper inflated areas

9:30 About 3/4 of a million dollars per QUALY

10:25 End

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