• Hosp Med · Jun 1998

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    Anaesthetic management of the morbidly obese patient.

    • J D Hunter, C Reid, and D Noble.
    • Department of Anaesthetics, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Foresterhill.
    • Hosp Med. 1998 Jun 1;59(6):481-3.

    AbstractMorbidly obese patients are prone to many clinical conditions that can effect anaesthesia. Of major concern to the anaesthetist are difficulties with airway management and abnormalities of cardiorespiratory function. Safe anaesthesia requires an appreciation of potential problems and a thorough understanding of the pathophysiological changes that accompany morbid obesity.

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