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December 1, 1974Southern Medical Journal

Anesthesia in the Morbidly Obese Patient

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Anesthesia in morbidly obese surgical patients was evaluated in a retrospective study of 59 individuals, though specific clinical outcomes are not provided in the truncated abstract.

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LPLARRY PUTNAMUnited States CongressJJJohn A. JenicekBrooke Army Medical CenterCACHARLES R. ALLENUniversity of Nebraska–Lincoln

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Hypothesis-generating in small retrospective cohort; leaves open optimal anesthesia strategies for morbidly obese patients.

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PUTNAM et al. (1974) studied this question. Anesthesia in morbidly obese surgical patients was evaluated in a retrospective study of 59 individuals, though specific clinical outcomes are not provided in the truncated abstract.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a999270d4ecc439fa157d3fhttps://doi.org/10.1097/00007611-197412000-00007

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Pulmonary embolism
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