conclusions administration of gabapentin before surgery can reduce pain after lgbp. furthermore, it is not accompanied by significant short-term adverse effects. results the mean pain score in the group receiving gabapentin was significantly lower than the placebo group (p < 0.001). indications and dose of opioid consumption between the two groups were not statistically significant. incidence o...

conclusions the prevalence of abnormal lfts in iranian morbid obese patients is in high status especially the level of alkp. liver ultrasonography has high sensitivity for the fatty liver in morbid obese patients but lfts rise only in few patients with fatty liver. background obesity, a major risk factor for fatty liver disease, is increasing worldwide. morbid obese patients have a higher preva...

BACKGROUND Criteria for the diagnosis of the metabolic syndrome are currently being reconsidered, as their usefulness is not the same for all phenotypes in relation to the risk of cardiovascular disease. AIM We analyzed the changes in metabolic parameters after a fat overload in different groups of patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study included 20 healthy persons, 30 metabolic syndrome ...

Obesity, and especially morbid obesity, increases the risk of cardiovascular as well as non-cardiovascular diseases. Our objective was to ascertain the trends in morbid obesity in Spain from 1993 to 2006 using representative data from 106,048 participants in the National Health Surveys. An age-adjusted Poisson regression model stratified by sex was fitted using morbid obesity as the dependent v...

background: prevalence of obesity in the world, in both developed and developing countries, is growing rapidly. bariatric surgery is now accepted as the treatment for morbid obesity. objective: this study compares laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy's effectiveness (lsg) with the most common bariatric surgery, laparoscopic roux-en-y (lrygb) gastric bypass.   methods: a systematic review was perform...

BACKGROUND Morbid obesity can be a life threatening condition. The aim of our study is to assess the trend in morbid obesity in The Netherlands among children of Dutch origin since 1980, and among children of Turkish and Moroccan origin since 1997. METHODS AND FINDINGS Cross-sectional height and weight data of children of Dutch, Turkish and Moroccan origin aged 2-18 years were selected from t...

Rationale: Obesity surgery is used as the most effective treatment for morbid obesity, with better cost-benefit, less morbidity and mortality. The present study aimed to analyze Results of a surgical center obesity integrate them recent scientific evidence.

OBJECTIVES The lower mortality rate of obese patients with heart failure (HF) has been partly attributed to reverse causation bias due to weight loss caused by disease. Using data about weight both before and after HF, this study aimed to adjust for reverse causation and examine the association of obesity both before and after HF with mortality. METHODS Using the Atherosclerosis Risk in Commu...