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Ali El Solh, MD, is an Associate Professor of Medicine, Anesthesiology, and Social and Preventive Medicine at the State University of New York at Buffalo. He is a practicing physician and has been Director of the Critical Care Unit for more than 12 years. Dr El Solh has numerous publications on the subjects of obesity and critical care (59 articles listed in PubMed) plus several monographs on the subjects.
List of Contributors | p. viii |
Preface | p. xiii |
Physiology and Consequences of Obesity | |
Cardiovascular Physiology in Obesity | p. 3 |
Effects of Obesity on Respiratory Physiology | p. 13 |
Gastrointestinal Physiology in Obesity | p. 21 |
Metabolic and Endocrine Physiology in Obesity | p. 28 |
Renal Physiology in the Critically III Obese Patient, 38 | p. 38 |
Positive Pressure Ventilation | |
Sedation, Paralysis, and Pain Management of the Critically III Obese Patient | p. 47 |
Upper Airway Management in the Morbidly Obese Patient | p. 58 |
Mechanical Ventilation of the Obese Patient | p. 67 |
Management of Acute Lung Injury in the Obese Patient | p. 74 |
Management of Obesity Complications in Critical Care | |
Management of Infectious Complications in the Critically III Obese Patient | p. 85 |
Management of Gastrointestinal Complications in the Critically III Obese Patient | p. 93 |
Management of Endocrine Complications in the Critically III Obese Patient | p. 102 |
Management of Venous Thromboembolism in the Critically III Obese Patient | p. 108 |
Nursing Care of the Critically III Obese Patient | p. 116 |
Hemodynamic Monitoring and Radiological Investigations | |
Hemodynamic Monitoring of the Critically III Obese Patient | p. 125 |
Diagnostic Imaging of the Critically III Obese Patient | p. 135 |
Postsurgical Management | |
Postoperative Care of the Obese Patient | p. 149 |
Management of the Obese Patient with Trauma | p. 159 |
Abdominal Solid Organ Transplantation in the Obese Patient | p. 169 |
Critical Care Management of the Obese Patient after Bariatric Surgery | p. 179 |
Nutritional Requirements of the Critically III Obese Patient | p. 186 |
Pharmacology | |
Drug Dosing in the Critically III Obese Patient | p. 197 |
Prognosis and Ethics | |
Prognosis and Outcome of the Critically III Obese Patient | p. 211 |
Ethical Considerations in the Critically III Obese Patient | p. 218 |
Multiple Choice Questions | p. 225 |
Answers to Multiple Choice Questions | p. 234 |
Index | p. 236 |
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