Child obesity and anaesthetic morbidity

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 308-312

  Veyckemans, Francis ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Children; Complications; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; METFORMIN; RIMONABANT; SIBUTRAMINE; TETRAHYDROLIPSTATIN;

ANESTHESIST; BARIATRIC SURGERY; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SOLUBILITY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORBIDITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NORTH AMERICA; OBESITY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIOLOGY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 43149122219     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e3282f82bbb     Document Type: Review

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