Anesthesic treatment for an urgent cesarean in a pregnant patient suffering from morbid obesity. A case report.
<span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Tahoma;"></span>Morbid obesity is not a condition frequently found in patients under surgical treatment. However, its prevalence in the last decades tends to rise which may have a profound impact in the anesthetic morbid-mortality. T...
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Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. Cienfuegos,
2008-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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| Summary: | <span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Tahoma;"></span>Morbid obesity is not a condition frequently found in patients under surgical treatment. However, its prevalence in the last decades tends to rise which may have a profound impact in the anesthetic morbid-mortality. These risks are increased in the case of pregnant patients. For these reasons a case of a pregnant woman is presented. She is suffering from morbid obesity when was announced to be surgically treated in emergency due to a cesarean at the University Hospital Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima in Cienfuegos. |
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| Item Description: | 1727-897X |