Gestational obesity as a determinant of general anesthesia technique for caesarean delivery: a case report.

Background. The incidence of obesity has undergone a dramatic increase around the world during the last few years. Such epidemic behavior has been associated with obstetric patient’s frequent presentation of different stages of obesity when undergoing anesthetic procedure. Obesity in pregnant women...

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Main Authors: José Ricardo Navarro Vargas, José Luis Aldana Díaz, Javier H. Eslava Schamalbach
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional de Colombia 2009-07-01
Series:Revista de la Facultad de Medicina
Online Access:https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/revfacmed/article/view/14388