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Peri‐operative management of the obese surgical patient 2015

C. E. Nightingale, Michael Margarson, Euan Shearer, J Redman, D.N. Lucas, Jonathan Cousins, W. T. A. Fox, Nicholas J. Kennedy, Peter J.H. Venn, Mark A. Skues,

Anaesthesia · 2015 · 342 citations · 83 references

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Abstract

Guidelines 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.

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