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Critical Care Nursing Quarterly, 2003
The purpose of this article is to discuss the disease of morbid obesity, its causes, and its impact upon an individual's life. Medical personnel must have a clear understanding that morbid obesity is a disease largely due to genetic makeup and not a personality defect or lack of control.
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The purpose of this article is to discuss the disease of morbid obesity, its causes, and its impact upon an individual's life. Medical personnel must have a clear understanding that morbid obesity is a disease largely due to genetic makeup and not a personality defect or lack of control.
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DeckerMed Anesthesiology, 2018
Recent statistics indicate that the obesity rate exceeds 35% in 5 states and 30% in 25 states in the United States. As the prevalence of obesity continues to increase, the number of bariatric and nonbariatric surgeries in this patient population also continues to grow.
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Recent statistics indicate that the obesity rate exceeds 35% in 5 states and 30% in 25 states in the United States. As the prevalence of obesity continues to increase, the number of bariatric and nonbariatric surgeries in this patient population also continues to grow.
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Surgical Clinics of North America, 2001
Although obesity is an easy diagnosis to make, its etiologies, pathophysiology, and symptomatology are extraordinarily complex. Progress in surgical technique and anesthesiological management has substantially improved the safety of performing operations on the severely obese in the last 20 years.
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Although obesity is an easy diagnosis to make, its etiologies, pathophysiology, and symptomatology are extraordinarily complex. Progress in surgical technique and anesthesiological management has substantially improved the safety of performing operations on the severely obese in the last 20 years.
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Maternal Morbid Obesity and the Risk of Adverse Pregnancy Outcome
Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2004M. Cedergren
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Gastroplasty in Morbid Obesity
Surgical Clinics of North America, 1979Gastroplasty is effective only when a small fundic reservoir is formed with a nonexpanding 12-mm channel. Support of the channel with a seromuscular suture appears to achieve this goal. Candidates for gastroplasty should be carefully screened before surgery and given support and nutritional education after surgery.
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Revista de enfermeria (Barcelona, Spain), 2012
Morbid obesity (MO) is a serious disease caused by genetic and environmental factors, which is associated with multiple comorbid factors that impact very significantly on the amount and life quality. Obesity surgery is a complex surgery but not without complications, which objective is to achieve an ideal weight or cure obesity reducing comorbidities ...
M, Masó Serra +5 more
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Morbid obesity (MO) is a serious disease caused by genetic and environmental factors, which is associated with multiple comorbid factors that impact very significantly on the amount and life quality. Obesity surgery is a complex surgery but not without complications, which objective is to achieve an ideal weight or cure obesity reducing comorbidities ...
M, Masó Serra +5 more
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2005
Obesity is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Surgery for morbid obesity is considered when other treatments have failed. A number of procedures are available, but the effects of these surgical procedures compared with medical management and with each other are uncertain.To assess the effects of surgery for morbid obesity.Studies were ...
J, Colquitt +4 more
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Obesity is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Surgery for morbid obesity is considered when other treatments have failed. A number of procedures are available, but the effects of these surgical procedures compared with medical management and with each other are uncertain.To assess the effects of surgery for morbid obesity.Studies were ...
J, Colquitt +4 more
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2003
Obesity is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Surgery for morbid obesity may be considered when other conventional measures have failed, and a number of procedures are available. However, the effects of these surgical procedures compared with medical management and with each other are uncertain.To assess the effects of surgery for ...
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Obesity is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Surgery for morbid obesity may be considered when other conventional measures have failed, and a number of procedures are available. However, the effects of these surgical procedures compared with medical management and with each other are uncertain.To assess the effects of surgery for ...
J, Colquitt +3 more
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The influence of morbid obesity on difficult intubation and difficult mask ventilation
Journal of Anesthesia, 2019T. Moon +6 more
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