Tag: obesity
ESPEN Guideline on Clinical Nutrition in the ICU
Following the new ESPEN Standard Operating Procedures, the previous guidelines to provide best medical nutritional therapy to critically ill patients have been updated. These guidelines define who are the patients at risk,... read more
Resetting the Circadian Clock Might Boost Metabolic Health
This Medical News feature discusses the role of circadian clock in regulating metabolism. Over the past 20 years, scientists have assembled a clearer picture of the circadian clocks that keep human physiology tuned to the... read more
Vascular Access in Critically Ill Pediatric Patients With Obesity
Severe obesity is associated with decreased overall likelihood of placement of a vascular access device but increased likelihood of peripherally inserted central catheter placement and of device-related complications. Patients... read more
Severity of Illness Scores May Misclassify Critically Ill Obese Patients
Severity of illness scores rest on the assumption that patients have normal physiologic values at baseline and that patients with similar severity of illness scores have the same degree of deviation from their usual state.... read more
Tenfold increase in childhood and adolescent obesity in four decades
The number of obese children and adolescents (aged five to 19 years) worldwide has risen tenfold in the past four decades. If current trends continue, more children and adolescents will be obese than moderately or severely... read more
Airway Management of The Morbidly Obese Patient
Obesity is a major health care dilemma. All aspects of medical care, including anesthesia, are affected by it. All physiologic systems are altered by obesity, which imparts a higher risk for complications in the perioperative... read more
Scoring System Predicts Difficult Airways in Obese Patients
As a result of the literature review, the researchers created a scoring system for independent predictors of a difficult airway in morbid obesity.... read more
