Perioperative anesthesia for the obese patient
By: edited by Jeanine Wiener-Kronish, Vilma E. Ortiz.
Contributors: Wiener-Kronish, Jeanine P., 1951-; Ortiz, Vilma E.
Publisher: Informa Healthcare USA
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781420095302
Subjects: Anesthesia; Obesity -- Complications; Overweight persons -- Surgery; Anesthesia; Surgical Procedures, Operative; Obesity; Perioperative Care
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Cardiac / Ronald Albrecht, Meredith Albrecht; title: Pulmonary / Matthias Eikermann; title: Renal / William Benedetto; title: Gastrointestinal/hepatic / Deborah Pederson; title: Endocrine / Gregory Ginsburg; title: Hematologic / Jonathan Charnin; title: Preoperative evaluation / Jean Kwo; title: Psychological evaluation / Stephanie Sogg; title: Anesthetic drug administration / John L. Walsh; title: Airway management / Torin Shear; title: Monitoring / Hovig V. Chitilian; title: Physiologic changes with pneumoperitoneum / Lorenzo Berra, William R. Kimball; title: Intraoperative challenges / Aalok Agarwala; title: Bariatric surgery / Janey S. A. Pratt; title: Regional anesthesia / Shubha Raju, Timothy Canty; title: Postoperative care- recovery room / Edward Bittner; title: Postoperative care- intensive care / J. Mauricio del Rio Munoz, Edward Bittner; title: The obese parturient / Heather A. Panaro, Vilma E. Ortiz; title: The obese child/adolescent / Roland Brusseau; title: The obese trauma patient / Heena Santry, Marc A. DeMoya.