Hugo Van Aken,Sven Staender,Jannicke Mellin-Olsen et al.
Hugo Van Aken et al.
Klaus Lewandowski,Monika Lewandowski
Klaus Lewandowski
Nearly 20% of all patients admitted to an intensive-care unit are obese. Their excess weight puts them at risk for several problems and complications during their intensive-care unit stay. Especially, pulmonary problems need particular atte...
Roman Schumann
Roman Schumann
Although many smaller studies have addressed anaesthetic care for bariatric surgical patients, comprehensive systematic literature reviews have yet to be compiled, and much evidence includes expert panel opinion. This review summarises stud...
Stephan A Schug,Alexander Raymann
Stephan A Schug
In the obese patient, the goal of postoperative pain management is provision of comfort, early mobilisation and improved respiratory function without causing inadequate sedation and respiratory compromise. The pathophysiology of obesity, ty...
Regional anaesthesia in the obese patient: lost landmarks and evolving ultrasound guidance [0.03%]
肥胖患者的区域麻醉：丢失的标志和不断发展的超声引导
Jay B Brodsky,Edward R Mariano
Jay B Brodsky
Obesity is associated with a number of anaesthetic-related risks. Regional anaesthesia offers many potential advantages for the obese surgical patient. Advantages include a reduction in systemic opioid requirements and their associated side...
Claudia Philippi-Höhne
Claudia Philippi-Höhne
The incidence of childhood obesity ranges today from approximately 8% to 17%, and is an increasing issue in developed and developing countries. This disease will become increasingly significant in paediatric anaesthesia. Obese children not ...
Berthold Bein,Jens Scholz
Berthold Bein
Obesity is a worldwide epidemic with increasing importance in both industrialised and developing countries. Anaesthesiologists will be increasingly challenged by the care for morbidly and super-obese patients. Prerequisites for an optimal p...
Yigal Leykin,Linda Miotto,Tommaso Pellis
Yigal Leykin
The steady rise in obesity observed in the recent years, coupled with its associated co-morbidities, suggests that clinicians will encounter obese patients with increasing frequency in their daily practice. Unfortunately, obese subjects are...
Nicole A Kissane,Janey S A Pratt
Nicole A Kissane
The prevalence of obesity has reached epidemic proportions. Conceptualization of obesity as a chronic disease facilitates greater understanding its treatment. The NIH Consensus Conference on Gastrointestinal Surgery for Severe Obesity provi...
Meron Selassie,Ashish C Sinha
Meron Selassie
Positive energy imbalance Energy imbalance leads to obesity. A majority of the US population is overweight, a third obese and nearly 5% morbidly obese. In the developing world, this problem continues to evolve in an rapid manner, creating c...