title: Managing pain in obese patients: meeting weighty challenges.
authors.affiliation: Yvonne D'Arcy is a pain management and palliative care nurse practitioner at Suburban Hospital-Johns Hopkins Medicine in Bethesda, Md., and a member of the Nursing2015 editorial board.
authors.forename: Yvonne
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: DʼArcy
mesh_terms: D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee; D015992:Body Mass Index; D015897:Comorbidity; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000453:epidemiology; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing*; D059408:Pain Management / Q000451:nursing*; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000451:nursing; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000451:nursing*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic