Critical care management of the obese patient

Cardiovascular physiology in obesity -- Effects of obesity on respiratory physiology -- Gastrointestinal physiology in obesity -- Metabolic and endocrine physiology in obesity -- Renal physiology in the critically ill obese patient -- Sedation, paralysis, and pain management of the critically ill obese patient -- Upper airway management in the morbidly obese patient -- Mechanical ventilation of the obese patient -- Management of acute lung injury in the obese patient -- Management of infectious complications in the critically ill obese patient -- Management of gastrointestinal complications in the critically ill obese patient -- Management of endocrine complications in the critically ill obese patient -- Management of venous thromboembolism in the critically ill obese patient -- Nursing care of the critically ill obese patient -- Hemodynamic monitoring of the critically ill obese patient -- Diagnostic imaging of the critically ill obese patient -- Postoperative care of the obese patient -- Management of the obese patient with trauma -- Abdominal solid organ transplantation in the obese patient -- Critical care management of the obese patient after bariatric surgery -- Nutritional requirements of the critically ill obese patient -- Drug dosing in the critically ill obese patient -- Prognosis and outcome of the critically ill obese patient -- Ethical considerations in the critically ill obese patient.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.