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Anesthetic management of the patient with severe obesity presenting for bariatric surgery differs significantly from those of normal weight undergoing similar procedures. Well-planned and rational management of patients undergoing bariatric surgery requires detailed knowledge of how severe obesity affects perioperative care. The mechanical effects of increased body mass index (BMI) as well as the physiological changes and associated comorbidities impact safe management and decision-making by the anesthesiologist. The aim of this chapter is to provide the anesthesiologist with a practical approach to the problems that require special consideration in patients with severe obesity.

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  1. Multispecialty Division, Department of Anesthesia, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA

    Hendrikus J. M. Lemmens

  2. Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgery Division, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA

    John M. Morton

  3. Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA

    Cindy M. Ku & Stephanie B. Jones

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  1. Department of Surgery, Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA, USA

    Ninh T. Nguyen

  2. Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

    Stacy A. Brethauer

  3. Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgery Division, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA

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  4. Bariatric Surgery, Metabolic and Bariatric Care, CHI Memorial Hospital, Chattanooga, TN, USA

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  5. Department of General Surgery, The Bariatric and Metabolic Institute, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL, USA

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Lemmens, H.J.M., Morton, J.M., Ku, C.M., Jones, S.B. (2020). Anesthetic Considerations. In: Nguyen, N., Brethauer, S., Morton, J., Ponce, J., Rosenthal, R. (eds) The ASMBS Textbook of Bariatric Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27021-6_8

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