Incidence of perioperative adverse events in obese children undergoing elective general surgery

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 359-363

  El Metainy, S ^a   Ghoneim, T ^a   Aridae, E ^a   Abdel Wahab, M ^b  

^a ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b High Institute of Public Health Egypt   (Egypt)

Author keywords

anaesthesia; body mass index; childhood obesity; perioperative complications; surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; BRONCHOSPASM; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LARYNX SPASM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; OXYGEN MASK; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE VOMITING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ASPIRATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SURGICAL RISK;

EID: 79951574614     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeq368     Document Type: Article

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