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Management of the Patient with a History of Bariatric Surgery and Abdominal Pain in the Emergency Department

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The recent rise in popularity of bariatric procedures has presented clinicians with new challenges and considerations when these patients present postoperatively in an emergent setting. Bariatric patients present with a different baseline of nutritional, metabolic, and endocrine homeostasis than the typical non-bariatric patient. From the surgical perspective, these patients present with altered alimentary anatomy and unique conditions that must be considered before undertaking any intraabdominal or endoscopic procedure. In the emergent setting, these patients require an altered algorithm for the management of abdominal pain, taking into account both the patient’s characteristics and the specific procedure that was done as well as the capabilities and resources of the institution to which they have presented acutely.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA

    Aurora D. Pryor M.D.

  2. Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Dana A. Telem M.D.

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    Robin P. Blackstone

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Pryor, A.D., Telem, D.A. (2017). Management of the Patient with a History of Bariatric Surgery and Abdominal Pain in the Emergency Department. In: Blackstone, R. (eds) Bariatric Surgery Complications. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43968-6_5

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