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Controversies in the Anesthetic Management of the Obese Surgical Patient

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    Chapter 1 Should Anesthesiologists Managing Morbidly Obese Patients Receive Special Education and Training?
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    Chapter 2 How Should Obesity be Measured and How Should Anesthetic Drug Dosage be Calculated?
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    Chapter 3 What are the Important Perioperative Risk Factors for Morbidly Obese Patients?
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    Chapter 4 Does Every Morbidly Obese Patient Need a Complete Preoperative Workup?
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    Chapter 5 Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome: Considerations from Anesthesiologists
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    Chapter 6 Is a Full Cardiac Workup Indicated for Morbidly Obese Patients with Cardiac Disease?
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    Chapter 7 How and When Should Diabetes in the Obese Patient be Treated?
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    Chapter 8 How Should You Manage Anti-Hypertensive Drugs in Morbidly Obese Surgical Patients?
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    Chapter 9 Should all Morbidly Obese Patients be Evaluated for Obstructive Sleep Apnea?
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    Chapter 10 Are MO Patients at Increased Risk for Gastric Acid Aspiration?
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    Chapter 11 What is the Role for Preoperative Physical Training and Respiratory Kinesitherapy in Obese Surgical Patients?
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    Chapter 12 Which Intraoperative Monitors are Essential for the Obese Surgical Patient?
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    Chapter 13 What is the Optimal Position for Induction of Anesthesia for a Morbidly Obese Patient?
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    Chapter 14 Do All Morbidly Obese Patients Have a “Difficult” Airway?
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    Chapter 15 What is the Best Way to Induce General Anesthesia in Obese Patients?
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    Chapter 16 Do Supraglottic Airways Have a Role in the Anesthetic Management of Obese Patients?
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    Chapter 17 Is Protective Lung Ventilation Safe in Morbidly Obese Patients?
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    Chapter 18 Does Choice of Inhaled Anesthetic Agent Matter?
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    Chapter 19 What is Optimal Fluid Management of the Obese Surgical Patient?
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    Chapter 20 What are the Challenges of Laparoscopy in Morbid Obese Patients?
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    Chapter 21 Is There a Role for Regional Anesthesia in the Obese Patient?
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    Chapter 22 Should Obese Surgical Patients be Recovered in an ICU or PACU? Should all Postoperative MO Patients be Monitored During Their Entire Hospitalization?
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    Chapter 23 Is Postoperative Opioid Analgesia Safe for Obese Patients?
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    Chapter 24 What is the Role of Analgesic Adjuncts in Obese Patients?
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    Chapter 25 Can Morbidly Obese Patients Safely Undergo Surgery at an Outpatient Surgery Center?
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    Chapter 26 What Physiological Changes Occur After Bariatric Surgery and are They Important to the Anesthesiologist?
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    Chapter 27 Which Anesthetic (General or Regional) is Safest for a Caesarean Section in a Morbidly Obese Parturient?
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Title
Controversies in the Anesthetic Management of the Obese Surgical Patient
Published by
Springer Milan, August 2012
DOI 10.1007/978-88-470-2634-6
ISBNs
978-8-84-702633-9, 978-8-84-702634-6
Editors

Leykin, Yigal, Brodsky, Jay B.

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The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 22 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.

Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Brazil 2 9%
Unknown 20 91%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Postgraduate 6 27%
Student > Master 3 14%
Professor 2 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 9%
Researcher 2 9%
Other 6 27%
Unknown 1 5%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 16 73%
Unspecified 1 5%
Computer Science 1 5%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 1 5%
Psychology 1 5%
Other 1 5%
Unknown 1 5%