Morbid Obesity: Peri-operative Management
A Hardback edition by Adrian O. Alvarez in English (11 Mar 2010)
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Short Description: The world is experiencing in obesity epidemic; in both industrialized and emerging countries the percent of adults and children with obesity is increasing annually.... Read more
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The world is experiencing in obesity epidemic; in both industrialized and emerging countries the percent of adults and children with obesity is increasing annually.
It is no longer unusual to encounter a patient with extreme or morbid obesity in the operating room; these patients are routinely scheduled for every type of surgical procedure. Everyone involved in the peri-operative management of the surgical patient with morbid obesity û surgeons, anesthesiologists, internists, psychologists, nurses, nutritionists, respirator) therapists û must be aware of the special needs of these patients.
Morbid Obesity. Peri-operative Management, Second Edition, considers the peri-operative care of-the morbidly obese patient, from pre-operative preparation to ultra-operative management and through to their post-operative course.
Edited by leading experts in the management of the morbidly obese surgical patient, Morbid Obesity; Peri-operative Mantiocineni, Second Edition, provides clear, practical clinical guidance on the management of the extremely obese surgical patient.
Morbid Obesity Hardback edition by Adrian O. Alvarez
Product Details
Product Specification
- Edited by
- Adrian O. Alvarez
- Edited by
- Jay B. Brodsky
- Edited by
- Hendrikus J. M. Lemmens
- Edited by
- John M. Morton
- ISBN-13
- 9780521518840
- Format
- Hardback,
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Publication date
- 11 Mar 2010
- Edition
- Edition Number 2; Revised
- Pages
- 262
- Product dimensions
- 208 x 254 x 19mm
- Weight
- 734g
- Condition
- New
Preface; 1. Cardiovascular physiology Donald P. Bernstein; 2. Pulmonary physiology and sleep disordered breathing Roman Schumann and Stephanie B. Jones; 3. Digestive and metabolic physiology of obesity Patrick J. Neligan; 4. Pathophysiology of the pneumoperitoneum Brian R. Smith and Ninh T. Nguyen; 5. Choice of bariatric operation Deborah Abeles, Brandon Tari and Scott A. Shikora; 6. Informed consent S. E. Raper; 7. Pre-operative surgical management Basil M. Yurcisin; 8. Preoperative management: nutritionist/psychologist/internist Maria L. Collazo-Clavell, Helen Karakelides and Eric J. DeMaria; 9. Positioning Jay B. Brodsky; 10. Monitoring the morbidly obese patient Donald P. Bernstein; 11. Effects of obesity on anesthetic agents Jerry Ingrande; 12. Airway management Jeremy Collins; 13. Ventilation strategies during anesthesia Juraj Sprung, Toby N. Weingarten and David O. Warner; 14. Regional anesthesia and obesity Pedro P. Tanaka and Jay B. Brodsky; 15. Postoperative analgesia Adrian Alvarez; 16. Post anesthesia care unit (PACU): management of anesthetic and surgical complications Stephanie B. Jones, Roman Schumann and Daniel B. Jones; 17. Intensive care management of the critically ill obese patient Jenny Choi and Alfons Pomp; 18 Postoperative rhabdomyolysis Joao Ettinger, Paulo Batista and Euler Azaro; 19. Nursing considerations Tracy Martinez; 20. Long-term complications following surgery Masha Livhits, Amy Lightner and Melinda Maggard; 21. Anesthetic considerations for the post-bariatric surgery patient David Zvara, Ronald Harter, Galina Dimitrova and Joseph G. Werner; 22. Bariatric outcomes Gavitt A. Woodard and John M. Morton; 23. Organizing a bariatric team Fawzi S. Khayat and Matthew M. Hutter; 24. Bariatric surgery in adolescents Venita Chandra and Sanjeev Dut; 25. Management of the obese parturient Yigal Leykin; Index.
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LoginAuthor Biography
Adrian Alvarez is a Staff Anesthesiologist at the Hospital Italiano, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Jay B. Brodsky is a Professor in the Department of Anesthesia at Stanford University School of Medicine and Medical Director of Perioperative Services at Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, USA. Hendrikus J. M. Lemmens is a Professor in the Department of Anesthesia at Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, USA. John Morton is Associate Professor of Surgery at Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, USA.
