This is the PDF eBook version for Morbid Obesity Peri operative Management 2nd Edition By Adrian O. Alvarez, Jay B. Brodsky, Hendrikus J. M. Lemmens, John M. Morton
Table of Contents
List of contributors
Preface to second edition
Preface to first edition
List of abbreviations
Section 1: Pathophysiology
1. Cardiovascular physiology
2. Pulmonary physiology and sleep disordered breathing
3. Digestive and metabolic physiology of obesity
4. Pathophysiology of the pneumoperitoneum
Section 2: Preparation and pre-operative evaluation/management
5. Choice of bariatric operation
6. Informed consent
7. Pre-operative surgical management
8. Pre-operative management: Nutritionist/psychologist/internist
Section 3: Intra-operative management
9. Positioning
10. Monitoring the morbidly obese patient
11. Effects of obesity on anesthetic agents
12. Airway management
13. Ventilatory strategies during anesthesia
14. Regional anesthesia and obesity
Section 4: Post-operative conditions
15. Post-operative analgesia
16. Post-anesthesia care unit: Management of anesthetic and surgical complications
17. Intensive care management of the critically ill obese patient
18. Post-operative rhabdomyolysis
19. Nursing considerations
20. Long-term complications following surgery
21. Anesthetic considerations for the post-bariatric surgery patient
22. Bariatric outcomes
Section 5: Special topics
23. Organizing a bariatric team
24. Bariatric surgery in adolescents
25. Management of the obese parturient