Anesthetic management of an extremely obese patient

Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 261-264

  Fujinaga, Ayumi ^a   Fukushima, Yutaka ^a   Kojima, Akiko ^a   Sai, Yoshikazu ^a   Ohashi, Yoshifumi ^a   Kuzukawa, Akiko ^a   Seto, Tomoyoshi ^a   Nosaka, Shuichi ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Extreme obesity; General and epidural anesthesia; Massive atelectasis; Total abdominal hysterectomy

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; BUPRENORPHINE; FENTANYL; HEPARIN; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MEPIVACAINE; PROPOFOL; VECURONIUM;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEOXYGENATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG CHOICE; ENDOMETRIOID CARCINOMA; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXIA; LABORATORY TEST; MOBILIZATION; MORBID OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; OBESITY, MORBID; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; POSTURE; VECURONIUM BROMIDE;

EID: 34247860804     PISSN: 09138668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00540-006-0484-8     Document Type: Article

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