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Perioperative airway management for patients with morbid obesity.
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PMID:  21718598     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The excess fatty tissues on the head, neck, thorax, and abdomen of morbid obese patients can impede the patency of the upper airway and impair lung functions. Meanwhile, these patients often have comorbidities such as obstructive sleep apnea, hypoventilation syndrome, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and asthma, which may result in difficult airway, intraoperative hypoventilation, and postoperative respiratory depression. Therefore, perioperative airway management for morbid obese patients may pose a big challenge to anesthesiologists. Anesthesiologists should know well about the pathophysiological features of respiratory system and grasp rational management principles, so as to improve the safety and effectiveness of perioperative airway management and optimize the clinical prognosis.
Authors:
Gong Ya-Hong; Yu Xue-Rong; Huang Yu-Guang
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Zhongguo yi xue ke xue yuan xue bao. Acta Academiae Medicinae Sinicae     Volume:  33     ISSN:  1000-503X     ISO Abbreviation:  Zhongguo Yi Xue Ke Xue Yuan Xue Bao     Publication Date:  2011 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-07-01     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8006230     Medline TA:  Zhongguo Yi Xue Ke Xue Yuan Xue Bao     Country:  China    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  224-7     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology, PUMC Hospital, CAMS and PUMC, Beijing 100730, China.
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