Peri-operative management of the obese surgical patient 2015: Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland Society for Obesity and Bariatric Anaesthesia.
Members of the Working Party None., Nightingale CE., Margarson MP., Shearer E., Redman JW., Lucas DN., Cousins JM., Fox WTA., Kennedy NJ., Venn PJ., Skues M., Gabbott D., Misra U., Pandit JJ., Popat MT., Griffiths R., Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain None., Ireland Society for Obesity and Bariatric Anaesthesia None.
Guidelines are presented for the organisational and clinical peri-operative management of anaesthesia and surgery for patients who are obese, along with a summary of the problems that obesity may cause peri-operatively. The advice presented is based on previously published advice, clinical studies and expert opinion.