Bansal, Teena University of Health Sciences - Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, India , Hooda, Sarla University of Health Sciences - Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, India

Obesity: Anaesthetic implications and considerations-a review

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The obese patient presents many challenges to anaesthesiologist. A good understanding of the pathophysiologic effects of obesity and its anaesthetic implications is important. The anaesthesiologist must recognize increased risks and comorbidities inherent to the obese patient and manage accordingly, optimizing multisystem function in the perioperative period that leads to successful outcomes. Perioperative issues such as intravenous access, difficulty in measuring non invasive blood pressure, difficult spinal, epidural and difficult airway should be anticipated andplanned.

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Obesity , anaesthesia , anaesthetic considerations

Cumhuriyet Medical Journal

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