March 19, 2016Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology
The obese patient undergoing nonbariatric surgery
Population
Obese patients undergoing nonbariatric surgery
Design
Review
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
STOP-Bang screening may aid obese patient risk stratification; leaves open whether it improves perioperative outcomes.
Structured PICO
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Population
Obese patients undergoing nonbariatric surgery
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Intervention
Perioperative management strategies including STOP-Bang screening, continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), noninvasive positive pressure ventilation, protective low tidal volumes, and multimodal analgesia
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Outcome
Perioperative respiratory complications
Anesthesia of obese patients for nonbariatric surgery requires awareness of pulmonary dysfunction and cardiovascular diseases, with multimodal analgesia and protective ventilation recommended to reduce complications.
Cite This Study
Bluth et al. (2016) studied this question.