Critical Care Management of the Obese Patient

CRITICAL CARE MANAGEMENT OF The Obese Patient......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
List of Contributors......Page 10
Preface......Page 15
Part I Physiology and Consequences of Obesity......Page 17
1 Cardiovascular Physiology in Obesity......Page 19
2 Effects of Obesity on Respiratory Physiology......Page 29
3 Gastrointestinal Physiology in Obesity......Page 37
4 Metabolic and Endocrine Physiology in Obesity......Page 44
5 Renal Physiology in the Critically Ill Obese Patient......Page 54
Part II Positive Pressure Ventilation......Page 61
6 Sedation, Paralysis, and Pain Management of the Critically Ill Obese Patient......Page 63
7 Upper Airway Management in the Morbidly Obese Patient......Page 74
8 Mechanical Ventilation of the Obese Patient......Page 83
9 Management of Acute Lung Injury in the Obese Patient......Page 90
Part III Management of Obesity Complications in Critical Care......Page 99
10 Management of Infectious Complications in the Critically Ill Obese Patient......Page 101
11 Management of Gastrointestinal Complications in the Critically Ill Obese Patient......Page 109
12 Management of Endocrine Complications in the Critically Ill Obese Patient......Page 118
13 Management of Venous Thromboembolism in the Critically Ill Obese Patient......Page 124
14 Nursing Care of the Critically Ill Obese Patient......Page 132
Part IV Hemodynamic Monitoring and Radiological Investigations......Page 139
15 Hemodynamic Monitoring of the Critically Ill Obese Patient......Page 141
16 Diagnostic Imaging of the Critically Ill Obese Patient......Page 151
Part V Postsurgical Management......Page 163
17 Postoperative Care of the Obese Patient......Page 165
18 Management of the Obese Patient with Trauma......Page 175
19 Abdominal Solid Organ Transplantation in the Obese Patient......Page 185
20 Critical Care Management of the Obese Patient after Bariatric Surgery......Page 195
21 Nutritional Requirements of the Critically Ill Obese Patient......Page 202
Part VI Pharmacology......Page 211
22 Drug Dosing in the Critically Ill Obese Patient......Page 213
Part VII Prognosis and Ethics......Page 225
23 Prognosis and Outcome of the Critically Ill Obese Patient......Page 227
24 Ethical Considerations in the Critically Ill Obese Patient......Page 234
Multiple Choice Questions......Page 241
Answers to Multiple Choice Questions......Page 250
Index......Page 252