Anesthesic treatment for an urgent cesarean in a pregnant patient suffering from morbid obesity. A case report.

Anesthesic treatment for an urgent cesarean in a pregnant patient suffering from morbid obesity. A case report.

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<span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Tahoma;"></span>Morbid obesity is not a condition frequently found in patients under surgical treatment. However, its prevalence in the last decades tends to rise which may have a profound impact in the anesthetic morbid-mortality. T...

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Main Authors: Bárbara Cabezas Poblet, Rolando Espin González, Práxedes Rojas Santana
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. Cienfuegos 2008-04-01
Series:Medisur
Subjects:
obesidad mórbida
cesárea
anestesia
tratamiento de urgencia
Online Access:http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/352
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Summary:<span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: Tahoma;"></span>Morbid obesity is not a condition frequently found in patients under surgical treatment. However, its prevalence in the last decades tends to rise which may have a profound impact in the anesthetic morbid-mortality. These risks are increased in the case of pregnant patients. For these reasons a case of a pregnant woman is presented. She is suffering from morbid obesity when was announced to be surgically treated in emergency due to a cesarean at the University Hospital Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima in Cienfuegos.
ISSN:1727-897X

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