Core Topics in Anaesthesia and Perioperative Care of the Morbidly Obese Surgical Patient

List of contributors

Preface

Abbreviations list

Part I. Background to Obesity, Epidemiology and Anthropology:

1. The obesity problem and its relationship to healthcare Harry Rutter

2. Drivers of obesity, nutrition and dietary considerations David Haslam

3. Body morphology and fat distribution Henna Tirmizi and Roman Schumann

4. Reports and guidelines Kanchan Patil

5. Education and training in perioperative care Chris Carey

Part II. Pathophysiology of Obesity:

6. Cardiovascular pathophysiology Peter Gregory

7. Respiratory and airway pathophysiology Nathan Ware and Christopher Bouch

8. Sleep disordered breathing Pei Kee Poh and Andrew Hall

9. Drug compartments and body systems Chris Hebbes and Jonathan Thompson

10. Diabetes mellitus and the metabolic syndrome Hsiu L. Yap and Harvinder Chahal

Part III. Preoperative Assessment and Preparation:

11. Airway assessment in obesity Naveen Eipe and Adele S. Budiansky

12. Respiratory assessment in obesity Nick Reynolds and Christopher Bouch

13. Cardiovascular assessment in obesity Neil Ruparelia and Iqbal Malik

14. Sleep disordered breathing assessment and management Brian Kent and Joerg Steier

15. Risk assessment and stratification for obesity Andrew Chamberlain and Jonathan Redman

16. Perioperative anaesthetic implications in the obese child Helen Smith and Liam Brennan

17. Ward and operating room equipment for the obese Paul Ayrton and Nicholas Howlett

Part IV. Intra-operative Management:

18. Patient and operating room preparation for the obese Rhodri Birtchnell and Nick Kennedy

19. Induction of general anaesthesia and positioning in obesity Tiffany Moon

20. The rapid sequence induction: myth and obesity Jay Brodsky

21. Airway management in obesity Vassilis Athanassoglou and Anil Patel

22. Maintenance of general anaesthesia in obesity Bjorn Heyse and Luc De Baerdemaker

23. Techniques of ventilation and pneumoperitoneum Rupert Mason and Mike Margarson

24. Analgesic techniques Naveen Eipe and Adele S. Budiansky

25. Reversal and emergence from anaesthesia Marcus Wood

26. The morbidly obese parturient Elinor Wighton and Paul Sharpe

27. Day case surgery for obese patients Mark Skues

28. Emergency surgery and trauma in the obese Peter Shirley and Neil MacDonald

Part V. Post-operative Care:

29. Post-operative recovery: location and potential complications Michele Carron and Francesco Zarantonello

30. Enhanced recovery for the obese patient Khaleel Fareed and Sherif Awad

31. Thromboprophylaxis for the obese surgical patient Ben Bailliff and Will Lester

32. Perioperative care of the obese diabetic patient Alexandra Miras, Belén Pérez-Pevia and Nicolas Varela

33. Nutritional management of the obese surgical patient Gail Pinnock

34. Critical care management of the obese patient Matt Charlton and Christopher Bouch

Part VI. Bariatric Surgery:

35. Indications for bariatric surgery Christos Tsironis

36. Surgical procedures for weight loss Naim Faikh and Marco Adamo

37. Bariatric surgery complications K. T. Yeung and Ahmed Ahmed

38. Anaesthesia for bariatric surgery Jonathan Cousins and Christopher Bouch

39. Management of patients' post-bariatric surgery David Bowrey, Tom Palser and Melanie Paul

40. Paediatric bariatric surgery and anaesthesia N. Durkin, S. Noor, Anish Desai and Meera Kurup

Index.