Anaes Vivas · Perioperative medicine
Anaesthesia for obesity and bariatric surgery — viva
Structured oral examination station for anaesthesia-obesity-bariatric.
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Prompt
Printed STOP-Bang form (score 7) and drug chart blank for a 138 kg, 165 cm patient listed for sleeve gastrectomy.
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Define BMI class, interpret STOP-Bang 7, and state CPAP implications.[2]
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- [1]Nightingale CE et al. Peri-operative management of the obese surgical patient 2015. Anaesthesia, 2015.PMID 25950621
- [2]Chung F et al. High STOP-Bang score indicates a high probability of obstructive sleep apnoea. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 2012.PMID 22401881
- [3]Ingrande J, Lemmens HJM Dose adjustment of anaesthetics in the morbidly obese. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 2010.PMID 21148651