Regional anesthesia and obesity

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 683-686

  Ingrande, Jerry ^a   Brodsky, Jay B ^a   Lemmens, Hendrikus J M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Obesity; Regional anesthesia

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHESIST; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG FUNCTION; NERVE BLOCK; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; REVIEW;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; BARIATRIC SURGERY; HUMANS; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 70349149881     PISSN: 09527907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACO.0b013e32832eb7bd     Document Type: Review

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