Anesthetic Management of Patients with Obesity with and Without Sleep Apnea

Clinics in Chest Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 569-579

  Passannante, Anthony N ^a   Tielborg, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CISATRACURIUM; DESFLURANE; FENTANYL; HALOTHANE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHETIC AGENT; ISOFLURANE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; NITROUS OXIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; ROCURONIUM; SEDATIVE AGENT; SEVOFLURANE; SUFENTANIL; SUFENTANIL CITRATE; THIOPENTAL; VECURONIUM;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; APNEA; BARIATRIC SURGERY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MEGADOSE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HYPOVENTILATION; HYPOXEMIA; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROSCOPY; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LOW DRUG DOSE; OBESITY; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; STEADY STATE;

ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; OBESITY; POSTURE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES;

EID: 68849110184     PISSN: 02725231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2009.05.009     Document Type: Review

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