TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bouch,Christopher
AU  - Cousins,Jonathan
TI  - Core topics in anaesthesia and peri-operative care of the morbidly obese surgical patient
T2  - Cambridge medicine
SN  - 9781316681053 (ebook)
AV  - RD87.3.O23 C67 2018
U1  - 617.96 23
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Obesity
KW  - Complications
KW  - Anesthesia
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 26 Sep 2018)
N2  - An essential read for healthcare providers across all disciplines, this book is a comprehensive guide to the perioperative management of the obese patient. Providing practical guidance on specific aspects of physiology, pharmacology and anaesthetic technique, it addresses the increasing prevalence of obese patients in both elective and emergency settings and the need for a definitive text on the perioperative care for these patients. With content mapped to the Royal College of Anaesthetists learning matrices, the book covers key topics such as: * Epidemiology of obesity * Pathophysiology of obesity * Pre-operative assessment * Intra- operative management * Post-operative care * Bariatric surgery
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316681053
ER  -