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| Year : 2011 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 88-91 |
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Super obese 33-week parturient undergoing an urgent laparoscopic bowel resection: A case report and review of anesthetic implications
Yury Khelemsky, Danielle M Gluck
Department of Anesthesiology, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, USA
Correspondence Address:
Yury Khelemsky
One Gustave L. Levy Place, KCC 8th Floor, Box 1010, New York, NY 10029
USA
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DOI: 10.4103/2249-4472.93994
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Approximately two percent of women undergo non-obstetric surgery during their pregnancies. The following case report describes the anesthetic management of a super obese parturient in her third trimester of pregnancy undergoing urgent laparoscopic (converted to open) bowel resection. Such a case, which has not been previously reported, has multiple clinical implications for both mother and fetus and was further complicated by super obesity (BMI>50) and laparoscopy. The anesthetic implications for this patient population are reviewed. |
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