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Critical Care Considerations in the Bariatric Patient

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Bariatric patients have challenging baseline physiology and body mechanics that put them at higher risk for complications when they become critically ill. This chapter will describe the pathophysiology in the changes in mechanics and highlight some of the special considerations needed to manage a critically ill bariatric surgery patient.

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Abbreviations

ASMBS:

American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery

ICU:

Intensive care unit

OSA:

Obstructive sleep apnea

SICU:

Surgical intensive care unit

VTE:

Venous thromboembolism

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Authors and Affiliations

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

    Stacy A. Brethauer

  2. General Surgery, Baylor Scott and White Health, Temple, TX, USA

    Lucia H. Nguyen

  3. Division of General and Bariatric Surgery, Baylor Scott & White Medical Center, Temple, TX, USA

    David A. Provost

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Editors and Affiliations

  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

    John M. Morton

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

    Jaime Ponce

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

    Raul J. Rosenthal

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Brethauer, S.A., Nguyen, L.H., Provost, D.A. (2020). Critical Care Considerations in the Bariatric Patient. 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_47

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