Childhood obesity and anesthetic morbidity

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 321-326

  Setzer, Nancy ^a,b   Saade, Edouard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Children; Complications; Dental; Obesity

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; ONDANSETRON;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL SURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; OUTPATIENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; VOMITING;

AGE FACTORS; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OBESITY; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; OUTPATIENTS; OXYGEN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 33847614666     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2006.02128.x     Document Type: Article

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