Perioperative airway management for patients with morbid obesity / 中国医学科学院学报
Acta Academiae Medicinae Sinicae
;
(6): 224-227, 2011.
Article
in English
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| ID: wpr-341427
ABSTRACT
The excess fatty tissues on the head, neck, thorax, and abdomen of morbid obese patients can impede the patency of the upper airway and impair lung functions. Meanwhile, these patients often have comorbidities such as obstructive sleep apnea, hypoventilation syndrome, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and asthma, which may result in difficult airway, intraoperative hypoventilation, and postoperative respiratory depression. Therefore, perioperative airway management for morbid obese patients may pose a big challenge to anesthesiologists. Anesthesiologists should know well about the pathophysiological features of respiratory system and grasp rational management principles, so as to improve the safety and effectiveness of perioperative airway management and optimize the clinical prognosis.
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Main subject:
General Surgery
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Perioperative Care
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Airway Management
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Anesthesia
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Methods
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Obesity
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Acta Academiae Medicinae Sinicae
Year:
2011
Type:
Article
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