TY  - BOOK
AU  - El Solh, Ali
TI  - Critical Care Management of the Obese Patient
SN  - 9781119962052
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Hoboken
PB  - John Wiley & Sons
N1  - text; CRITICAL CARE MANAGEMENT OF The Obese Patient; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Part I Physiology and Consequences of Obesity; 1 Cardiovascular Physiology in Obesity; 2 Effects of Obesity on Respiratory Physiology; 3 Gastrointestinal Physiology in Obesity; 4 Metabolic and Endocrine Physiology in Obesity; 5 Renal Physiology in the Critically Ill Obese Patient; Part II Positive Pressure Ventilation; 6 Sedation, Paralysis, and Pain Management of the Critically Ill Obese Patient; 7 Upper Airway Management in the Morbidly Obese Patient; 8 Mechanical Ventilation of the Obese Patient; 9 Management of Acute Lung Injury in the Obese PatientPart III Management of Obesity Complications in Critical Care; 10 Management of Infectious Complications in the Critically Ill Obese Patient; 11 Management of Gastrointestinal Complications in the Critically Ill Obese Patient; 12 Management of Endocrine Complications in the Critically Ill Obese Patient; 13 Management of Venous Thromboembolism in the Critically Ill Obese Patient; 14 Nursing Care of the Critically Ill Obese Patient; Part IV Hemodynamic Monitoring and Radiological Investigations; 15 Hemodynamic Monitoring of the Critically Ill Obese Patient16 Diagnostic Imaging of the Critically Ill Obese Patient; Part V Postsurgical Management; 17 Postoperative Care of the Obese Patient; 18 Management of the Obese Patient with Trauma; 19 Abdominal Solid Organ Transplantation in the Obese Patient; 20 Critical Care Management of the Obese Patient after Bariatric Surgery; 21 Nutritional Requirements of the Critically Ill Obese Patient; Part VI Pharmacology; 22 Drug Dosing in the Critically Ill Obese Patient; Part VII Prognosis and Ethics; 23 Prognosis and Outcome of the Critically Ill Obese Patient24 Ethical Considerations in the Critically Ill Obese Patient; Multiple Choice Questions; Answers to Multiple Choice Questions; Index
N2  - Remote; This book provides health professionals with sound clinical advice on management of the obese patient admitted into hospital. It addresses all aspects of the patient's care, as well as serving as a resource to facilitate the management of services, use of clinical information, and negotiation of ethical issues that occur in intensive care. As the number of obese patients in intensive care continues to grow, this book will serve as a comprehensive clinical resource for everyday use by both obesity specialists and emergency medicine physicians; Includes bibliographical references and index
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781119962083
ER  -