title: Anaesthesia in the obese child.
abstract: The incidence of childhood obesity ranges today from approximately 8% to 17%, and is an increasing issue in developed and developing countries. This disease will become increasingly significant in paediatric anaesthesia. Obese children not only have anaesthesia-relevant co-existing diseases, that are, asthma and hypertension, but also have a higher incidence of anaesthesia-related complication. This review covers current definition and some epidemiology of childhood obesity. It summarises potential co-morbidities and provides details for preoperative evaluation, anaesthetic management and prevention of perioperative complications.
authors.affiliation: University of Leipzig, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Liebigstrasse 20, 04103 Leipzig, Germany. claudia.philippi-hoehne@medizin.uni-leipzig.de
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Philippi-Höhne
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia; D001249:Asthma / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D011300:Preoperative Care; D012307:Risk Factors; D009626:Terminology as Topic