Book chapter
Healthy obese
Oxford Textbook of Anaesthesia for the Obese Patient, pp.213-220
Oxford Textbook in Anaesthesia, Oxford University Press
2021
DOI: 10.1093/med/9780198757146.003.0022
Abstract
At least 30% of the surgical population consists of ‘obese’ patients, mirroring the obesity epidemic in the general population in the United States. Nearly 74% of participants in the American College of Surgery’s National Surgical Quality Improvement Program had an abnormally high body mass index, including 17% of patients under the age of 18 years. This development is particularly concerning as obesity is associated with increased risk of metabolic syndrome, hypertension, coronary artery disease, and diabetes mellitus. However, physicians, nutritionists, and the general public struggle with definitions of obesity based only on total body weight proportionate to height and, therefore, body mass index. This leads to the question of whether body mass index is adequate to describe the physical condition and potential risk of our patients.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Healthy obese
- Creators
- Ashish C. SinhaAnupama WadhwaDetlef Obal
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Oxford Textbook of Anaesthesia for the Obese Patient, pp.213-220
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press; Oxford
- Series
- Oxford Textbook in Anaesthesia
- DOI
- 10.1093/med/9780198757146.003.0022
- Alternative title
- Section 5 Specific clinical issues
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2021
- Academic Unit
- Anesthesia
- Record Identifier
- 9984696696402771
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