Obese Patient
Performing laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy in an obese patient with systemic lupus erythematosus undergoing long-term steroid therapy: a case report
... LSG was safely performed in such obese patient with SLE undergoing long-term steroid therapy. Postoperative weight loss was achieved, her DM improved, and her SLE therapy drugs were reduced. Thus, a careful ...
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Functionally Abnormal Na+ K+ Pump in Erythrocytes of a Morbidly Obese Patient
... The Na + -K + pump in the erythrocytes of a mordibly obese patient shows a unique constellation of functional abnormalities. The number of pump units, measured by [ 3 H]ouabain binding to intact cells, as ...
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Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy in a Morbidly Obese Patient with Myasthenia Gravis: A Review of the Management
... While myasthenia gravis is a disease with several anes- thetic implications, morbid obesity is a multisystem disorder with its own set of associated risks. Respiratory complica- tions of obesity include obstructive sleep ...
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Operative management of acetabulum fractures in the obese patient: challenges and solutions
... the obese patient ...treating obese patients for acetabular ...this patient population experiences worse functional outcomes and greater incidence of surgical site infec- tion, intraoperative ...
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Transplant surgery and the obese patient: special considerations
... a transplant until a recipient can reach some predefined (oftentimes arbitrary) weight target, despite overwhelming and incontrovertible evidence demonstrating the survival advantage of transplantation over dialysis even ...
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Metabolic and cardiovascular improvements after biliopancreatic diversion in a severely obese patient
... 440 obese patients (mean weight of 183 kg) who underwent biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch, all of the 36 type 2 diabetic patients dis- continued their medication over a 7-year follow-up period ...
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Characterization of Liver Changes in Obese Patient Using Computed Tomography
... The results were picked up about the incidental findings and analyzed using the statistical methods of mean and standard deviation, followed by generation of different figures, graphs, and tables. The research subjects ...
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Fast Track Gynaecologic Surgery in the Overweight and Obese Patient
... Patients were usually placed in dorsal supine position with both arms extended for vascular access. Skin preparation with Povidone-iodine was routinely used, the vagina also swabbed with Povidone-iodine. Apart from the ...
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Perioperative safety of two-team simultaneous bilateral total knee arthroplasty in the obese patient
... The use of blood transfusion is not without risk and is of concern to both the surgeon and patient [24]. A signifi- cant variation in reported blood transfusion rates for simultaneous and sequential bilateral ...
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Comparison between Azithromycin and Cephalexin for Preventing Infection after Cesarean Section in Obese Patient
... are obese; this obesity is a cause of complications and espe- cially cesarean ...in obese women wound infection is higher compared to women with normal weight ...in obese women tissue perfu- sion is ...
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Acute Cholecystitis Mimics Ischemic Cardiac Disease: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
... Case 3: A female (31 years) obese patient (86 kg and BMI 34) presented with severe chest pain and shortness of breath. The pain was focal and did not relive by simple analgesia. There was no coughing or ...
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Obesity and long term functional outcomes following elective total hip replacement
... non- obese counterparts. If over time the obese patient fails to modify lifestyle, sarcopenic obesity worsens as a spiral of deconditioning and functional dependence ...the obese ...
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Use of Laryngeal Mask Airway in the Management of a Difficult Airway: A Case Report
... This patient was a clear case of anticipated difficult air- way going by the past history of failed intubation and airway assessment findings of short neck and receding chin in an obese ...
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The consequences of obesity on trauma, emergency surgery, and surgical critical care
... team, obese patients admitted to the surgical intensive care unit (ICU) present a particularly challenging ...ill patient will begin with airway assessment and management. Obese patients may pro- ...
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Intermittent Pneumatic Compression in Treatment of Chronic Venous Leg Ulcers: A Case Report and Review of Literature
... the National Health Service (NHS) UK alone, the estimated cost of therapy for chronic leg ulceration is around £290 million per annum. Amongst etiologies, venous disease contributes to 72% of chronic leg ulcers, where as ...
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COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS ON THE EFFICACY OF AEROBIC CAPACITY IN CARDIAC REHABILITATION OBESE AND NON-OBESE PHASE II PATIENT
... Each exercise prescription was adjusted periodically to en- sure a gradual increase in exercise performance. The di- etary instruction was individualized,and monthly return visits with the dietitian were routine, ...
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Healthcare expenditure on Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians at high risk of cardiovascular disease
... prevention patient and whether they were on appropriate medication prior to entering the trial with and without covariate ...the patient measured at baseline using the EQ-5D and converted to a summary score ...
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Development of a Core Outcome Set for Studies on Obesity in Pregnant Patients (COSSOPP): a study protocol
... Variation within participant groups will be accounted for in data analysis by linking features such as BMI, gestational age, co-morbidities and demographic information (age, oc- cupation, education, ethnicity) to the ...
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Assessing the obese diabetic patient for bariatric surgery: which candidate do I choose?
... Abstract: The worldwide prevalence of type 2 diabetes is rising in association with an increasing frequency of overweight and obesity. Bariatric-metabolic procedures are considered as additional therapeutic options, ...
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Racial difference in Acylation Stimulating Protein (ASP) correlates to triglyceride in non-obese and obese African American and Caucasian women
... Americans, obese Caucasian Americans, obese diabetic African Americans, and obese diabetic Caucasian Ameri- ...27 obese Cau- casian, 13 obese diabetic Caucasian, 25 non-obese ...
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