• Anaesthesia · Jul 2015

    Letter Practice Guideline

    Peri-operative management of the obese surgical patient 2015: Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland Society for Obesity and Bariatric Anaesthesia.

    • Members of the Working Party, C E Nightingale, M P Margarson, E Shearer, J W Redman, D N Lucas, J M Cousins, W T A Fox, N J Kennedy, P J Venn, M Skues, D Gabbott, U Misra, J J Pandit, M T Popat, R Griffiths, Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain, and Ireland Society for Obesity and Bariatric Anaesthesia.
    • Society for Obesity and Bariatric Anaesthesia.
    • Anaesthesia. 2015 Jul 1; 70 (7): 859876859-76.

    AbstractGuidelines are presented for the organisational and clinical peri-operative management of anaesthesia and surgery for patients who are obese, along with a summary of the problems that obesity may cause peri-operatively. The advice presented is based on previously published advice, clinical studies and expert opinion.© 2015 The Authors. Anaesthesia published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland.

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