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What are reasons why there are more complications with anesthesia in the obese?
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Obesity: Anaesthesia doesn't cause the complication. It is the physiology of obesity that leads to complications. In the hands of a trained anaesthesiologist, these potential complications are well managed.
Answered 1/19/2014
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Obesity,: causes difficulty breathing, higher stomach acid that causes aspiration pneumonia, sleep apnea, diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, difficult intubation . . . Surgery much less risk if not obese.
Answered 5/17/2014
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