RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Practical Issues in the Surgical Care of the Obese Patient
JF Ochsner Journal
JO Ochsner J
FD O. P. Jindal Global University
SP 224
OP 227
VO 13
IS 2
A1 Kerry L. Hammond
YR 2013
UL http://www.ochsnerjournal.org/content/13/2/224.abstract
AB The incidence of obesity has steadily climbed to epidemic proportions in the United States. To provide optimal surgical care for the growing number of obese surgical patients, surgeons and other healthcare personnel must often modify routine procedures and standard treatment protocols. Psychological support of obese patients is an additional factor that frequently must be addressed during the perioperative period.