The Benefit of Sleeve Gastrectomy in Obese Adolescents on Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis and Hepatic Fibrosis [PDF]
, 2017 Objective To determine whether bariatric surgery is effective for the treatment of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) in adolescence, we compared the efficacy of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) with that of lifestyle intervention (nonsurgical ...
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Coronary age, based on coronary calcium measurement, is increased in patients with morbid obesity [PDF]
, 2018 Purpose: Obesity is a well-known of risk factor for atherosclerosis. However, recently an "obesity paradox" has been discussed, which is considered as a protective effect of obesity on the development coronary artery disease (CAD).
Białecki, Marcin +3 more
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Genome Medicine, 2016 BackgroundRoux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) is an effective means to achieve sustained weight loss for morbidly obese individuals. Besides rapid weight reduction, patients achieve major improvements of insulin sensitivity and glucose homeostasis. Dysbiosis
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Smoking among morbidly obese patients
BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2010 Background Smokers usually have a lower Body Mass Index (BMI) when compared to non-smokers. Such a relationship, however, has not been fully studied in obese and morbidly obese patients.
Chatkin José M +2 more
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Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty Is Not Associated With Increased Revision Rates in Obese Patients
Arthroplasty Today, 2021 Background: There is controversy among arthroplasty surgeons in regard to performing unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) in obese patients based on current literature.
Kevin F. Purcell, MD +7 more
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Prone position: Does it help with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)? [PDF]
, 2017 Introduction: Lung protective ventilation therapy with low tidal volume-high PEEP is the standard treatment for the patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).
Azimzadeh, Nava +3 more
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Evaluation of Extended Interval Dosing Aminoglycosides in the Morbidly Obese Population
Advances in Pharmacological Sciences, 2013 Aminoglycoside dosing has been studied in the obese population, typically recommending an adjusted weight utilizing a 40% dosing weight correction factor (IBW + 0.4 × (TBW–IBW)).
Ashley L. Ross +4 more
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Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare, 2022 Morbidly obese obstetric patients present multiple challenges to the anaesthetist for labour analgesia and anaesthesia for caesarean section. The superiority of regional anaesthesia (RA) using local anaesthetics (LA) to all other techniques in the obese ...
Pamela Chia +3 more
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Sykelig overvektiges erfaringer ved å delta i en livsstilsintervensjon, et beskrivende design
Nordisk Tidsskrift for Helseforskning, 2019 The experiences and challenges faced by morbid obese subjects when participating in lifestyle intervention The aim of this study was to examine the experiences and challenges of the morbidly obese when participating in a long-term lifestyle intervention.
Randi Vangen Skyrud, Anne Trollvik
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Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy in adolescents with or without syndromic obesity: two years follow-up [PDF]
, 2017 Introduction Childhood obesity is an emerging health problem. Surgical treatment of obese adolescents, particularly those affected by congenital syndrome, represents a controversial issue.
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