title: [Recommendations for the peri-operative management of bariatric surgery patients: results of a national survey].
abstract: To standardise possible peri-operative bariatric surgery protocols, a survey was prepared to be filled in by members of the Spanish Society for Obesity (Sociedad Española de Cirugía de la Obesidad) (SECO), and to approve it at the XII National Congress. A total of 47 members of SECO from 14 autonomous communities responded, and it unanimously approved by the Congress. As highly recommended peri-operative procedures, were proposed: full laboratory analysis (98%) with an endocrine study (90%), ECG (96%), chest x-ray (98%), an oesophageal-gastric imaging test (endoscopy or gastro-duodenal transit study (98%), antibiotic prophylaxis (92%) and use of low molecular weight heparins pre-operatively (96%), and for 2 weeks (83%). Pre-surgical, abdominal ultrasound (86%), spirometry (80%), diet (88%) and psychological study (76%), and during surgery, use of elastic stockings (76%), leak tests (92%) and drainages (90%), were established as advisable procedures.
authors.affiliation: Presidente del Comité Organizador del XII Congreso de la Sociedad Española para la Cirugía de la Obesidad y Estudio de las Enfermedades Asociadas, España. joaquin.ortega@uv.es
authors.forename: Joaquin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ortega
authors.forename: Norberto
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cassinello
authors.forename: Aniceto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baltasar
authors.forename: Antonio J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Torres
mesh_terms: D050110:Bariatric Surgery; D006801:Humans; D019990:Perioperative Care / Q000592:standards*