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Optimizing Outcomes in Bariatric Surgery: A Primer in Patient Selection
We are very pleased to introduce a series of six individual papers addressing important areas in bariatric and metabolic surgery. Particularly, these papers highlight patient selection, preparation for surgery, and optimizing outcomes. The metabolic benefits of surgery are well established, but adequate patient selection can help realize better outcomes for our patient population. The first pap...
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Obesity is associated with an increased risk of death, and morbid obesity carries a significant risk of life-threatening complications such as heart disease, diabetes, and high blood pressure. Bariatric surgery is recognized as the only effective treatment of morbid obesity. The estimated number of bariatric operations performed in the United States in 2008 was more than 13 times the number per...
متن کاملUnderstanding Outcomes in Adolescent Bariatric Surgery
Background: There are nearly 200,000 US infants/children transported annually for specialty care and there are no published best practices in transport intubation. Objective: Respiratory interventions are a priority in pediatric and neonatal critical care transport (PNCCT). A recent Delphi study identified intubation performance as an important PNCCT quality metric, though data are insufficient...
متن کاملRecent improvements in bariatric surgery outcomes.
OBJECTIVE Bariatric surgery is one of the fastest growing hospital procedures, but with a 40% complication rate in 2001. Between 2001 and 2005 bariatric surgeries grew by 113%. Our objective is to examine how 6-month complications improved between 2001 and 2006, using a nationwide, population-based sample. DATA/DESIGN: We examined insurance claims in 2001-2002 and 2005-2006 for 9582 bariatric s...
متن کاملUnderstanding Outcomes in Adolescent Bariatric Surgery.
We live in an era of evidence-based medicine. Doctors are expected to be knowledgeable about the relative risks and benefits of different treatment options and to share that information with patients as part of their treatment decision-making. For an invasive procedure such as major surgery, both doctors and patients must consider a host of medical and psychological risks. Before patients agree...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Surgery
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0003-4932
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000183354.66073.4c