Morbid obesity : peri-operative management / editors, Adrian Alvarez ... [et al.].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cardiovascular physiology / Donald P. Bernstein -- Pulmonary physiology and sleep disordered breathing / Roman Schumann, Stephanie B. Jones -- Digestive and metabolic physiology of obesity / Patrick J. Neligan -- Pathophysiology of the pneumoperitoneum / Brian R. Smith and Ninh T. Nguyen -- Choice of bariatric operation / Deborah Abeles, Brandon Tari, and Scott A. Shikora -- Informed consent / Steve E. Raper -- Pre-operative surgical management / Basil M. Yurcisin and Eric J. DeMaria -- Pre-operative management : nutritionist/psychologist/internist / Helen Karakelides and Maria l. Collazo-Clavell -- Positioning / Jay B. Brodsky -- Monitoring the morbidly obese patient / Donald P. Bernstein -- Effects of obesity on anesthetic agents / Hendrikus J.M. Lemmens and Jerry Ingrande -- Airway management / Jeremy Collins -- Ventilatory strategies during anesthesia / Juraj Sprung, Toby N. Weingarten, and David O. Warner -- Regional anesthesia and obesity / Pedro P. Tanaka and Jay B. Brodsky -- Post-operative analgesia / Adrian Alvarez ... [et al.] --

Post-anesthesia care unit : management of anesthetic and surgical complications / Stephanie B. Jones, Roman Schumann, and Daniel B. Jones -- Intensive care management of the critically ill obese patient / Jenny Choi and Alfons Pomp -- Post-operative rhabdomyolysis / Jo Ettinger, Paulo Batista, and Euler ⁺aro -- Nursing considerations / Tracy Martinez -- Long-term complications following surgery / Masha Livhits, Amy Lightner, and Melinda A. Maggard -- Anesthetic considerations for the post-bariatric surgery patient / Joseph G. Werner ... [et al.] -- Bariatric outcomes / Gavitt A. Woodard and John M. Morton -- Organizing a bariatric team / Fawzi S. Khayat and Matthew M. Hutter -- Bariatric surgery in adolescents / Venita Chandra and Sanjeev Dutta -- Management of the obese parturient / Yigal Leykin.