Anesthesia and the obese patient
By: Burnell R. Brown, Jr., editor ... [et al.].
Contributors: Brown, Burnell R.
Series: Contemporary anesthesia practice ;; v. 5
Publisher: F.A. Davis
Published: 1982
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 139
Subjects: Anesthesia -- Complications.; Obesity -- Complications.; Anesthesia.; Obesity.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Definition of the risks of obesity / Robert W. Vaughan; title: The surgical treatment of morbid obesity / Hugo V. Villar; title: Pulmonary and cardiovascular derangements in the obese patient / Robert W. Vaughan; title: The liver in obesity / John B. Bentley; title: Biochemical and biotransformation alterations in obese patients / Robert W. Vaughan; title: Anesthetic management of the morbidly obese patient / Robert W. Vaughan; title: Effects of massive weight loss / Randall C. Cork; title: Nursing care implications for the severely obese patient / M. Sue Vaughan.