title: Critical Care Management of Bariatric Surgery Complications.
abstract: Obesity remains a major medical disease that often requires surgical intervention in morbidly obese patients. Surgical procedures have evolved and are performed routinely in most major medical centers. Outcomes are often dependent on patient characteristics, type of procedure, and preoperative planning. Risk stratification often depends on screening and optimizing known comorbidities often encountered in this patient population. A thorough understanding of the physiologic changes seen in obese patient and the commonly performed operations will allow the physician to perform optimal treatment strategies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Loyola University, Maywood, IL, USA bchand@lumc.edu.
authors.forename: Bipan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chand
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Loyola University, Maywood, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Pornthep
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Prathanvanich
mesh_terms: D050110:Bariatric Surgery / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003422:Critical Care; D019468:Disease Management; D006801:Humans; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*
keywords: critical care; critical illness; decision making; intensive care; knowledge