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Medical Student Notebook: Preoperative Anesthetic Considerations in Patients with Obesity Undergoing Surgery

Medical Student Notebook: Preoperative Anesthetic Considerations in Patients with Obesity Undergoing Surgery

| June 1, 2021

by Abraham Z Cheloff, MS Mr. Cheloff is a medical student at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. FUNDING: No funding was provided for this article. DISCLOSURES: The author reports no conflicts of interest relevant to the content of this article. ABSTRACT: As obesity continues to rise in the United States and worldwide, there is […]

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Obesity as a Focus in Anesthesiology Research Between 2000 and 2014:  An Unmet Need?

Obesity as a Focus in Anesthesiology Research Between 2000 and 2014: An Unmet Need?

| March 1, 2016 | 0 Comments

This ongoing column is written by members of the International Society for the Perioperative Care of the Obese Patient (ISPCOP), an organization dedicated to the bariatric patient. Column Editor: Stephanie B. Jones, MD Dr. Jones is Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School and Vice Chair for Education, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Beth […]

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General Anesthesia for Vaginal Delivery of Twins in an Anticoagulated Obese Woman

General Anesthesia for Vaginal Delivery of Twins in an Anticoagulated Obese Woman

| August 1, 2015 | 0 Comments

This ongoing column is written by members of the International Society for the Perioperative Care of the Obese Patient (ISPCOP), an organization dedicated to the bariatric patient. Column Editor: Stephanie B. Jones, MD Dr. Jones is Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School and Vice Chair for Education, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Beth […]

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Pregnancy in Patients with Obesity or Morbid Obesity: Obstetric and Anesthetic Implications

Pregnancy in Patients with Obesity or Morbid Obesity: Obstetric and Anesthetic Implications

| July 22, 2010 | 1 Comment

by Anasuya Vasudevan MD, FRCA Dr. Vasudevan is from the Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and is an Instructor at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Bariatric Times. 2010;7(7):9–13

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