Positioning of intragastric balloon under sedation in super-super-obese patients.
A safe protocol for conscious sedation and control during placement (or extraction) of an intragastric balloon in massively obese patients is described.
Fernández Meré
Luis Angel
LA
Departament of Anaesthesiology, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias (HUCA), Oviedo, Principado de Asturias, Spain. lafmere@teleline.es
García
Violeta Fernández
VF
Blanco
María Alvarez
MA
D050110:Bariatric Surgery / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D016292:Procedural Sedation; D015905:Gastric Balloon; D006801:Humans; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008874:Midazolam / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000601:surgery; D010880:Piperidines / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000077208:Remifentanil
D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives; D010880:Piperidines; D000077208:Remifentanil; D008874:Midazolam