How to inform a morbidly obese patient on the specific risk to develop postoperative pulmonary complications using evidence-based methodology

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 154-159

  Flier, S ^a   Knape, J T A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia general; Obesity morbid; Postoperative complications; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PNEUMONIA; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ATELECTASIS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; OBESITY, MORBID; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 31344467820     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 02650215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0265021505002073     Document Type: Article

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