Anaesthesia for the overweight and obese patient
By: edited by Mark Bellamy, Michel Struys.
Contributors: Bellamy, Mark C.; Struys, Michel.
Series: Oxford anaesthesia library
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780199233953
Subjects: Obesity -- Complications -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Anesthesia -- Complications -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Anesthesia -- methods -- Handbooks; Obesity -- complications -- Handbooks
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Handbooks.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Definitions, social trends, and epidemiology; title: Physiology of obesity, molecular, and medical approaches; title: Obesity and systemic physiology; title: Obesity co-morbidities; title: Disorders of sleep and respiratory control in obesity : perioperative assessment and management; title: Anaesthetic pharmacology and obesity; title: Pre-operative assessment and preparation; title: Practical conduct of anaesthesia and the anaesthetic environment; title: Obesity and the airway; title: Recovery and post-operative care; title: Bariatric surgery and post-operative outcome.