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What Physiological Changes Occur After Bariatric Surgery and are They Important to the Anesthesiologist?

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Patients who have had bariatric surgery can present special challenges to the anesthesiologist. It is important to understand the physiologic and metabolic changes that can develop postoperatively in these patients. These changes differ depending on which bariatric operation has been performed. This chapter will review the important metabolic changes and physiologic alterations that the anesthesiologist must consider when treating a patient who has had previous weight-loss surgery.

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  1. Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Therapy, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy

    Marco Berti, Raffaella Troglio  & Fernanda Tagliaferri

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Berti, M., Troglio , R., Tagliaferri, F. (2013). What Physiological Changes Occur After Bariatric Surgery and are They Important to the Anesthesiologist?. In: Leykin, Y., Brodsky, J. (eds) Controversies in the Anesthetic Management of the Obese Surgical Patient. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2634-6_26

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