Article: Surgeons must refine techniques to account for obese patients.(risk factors of obese patients)(Brief article)

Article: One size does not fit all: challenges to polysomnographic ...
RT;  October 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... mortality, but also for the burden obese patients place on the health care system. Most ... critical. Challenges to testing extremely obese patients arise, particularly in the areas of ... from the bathroom. Managing severely obese patients with suspected sleep disordered breathing ...

Article: Airway management in the obese patient: ...
RT;  October 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... airway mask in morbidly obese patients undergoing bariatric ... intubation in morbidly obese patients was 96.3%. Conclusions ... Airway management in the obese patient can be challenging ... patient. In morbidly obese patients, normal anatomic landmarks ...

Article: Heavy costs; Hospitals pay high price to treat obese ...
Modern Healthcare;  December 22, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... increased number of obese patients and 53% said costs incurred in treating obese patients have raised the cost ... for overweight and obese patients costs an average of ... caring for a seriously obese patient might cost $500 to ...

Article: Improving Rehabilitation of Severely Obese Patients
Rehabilitation Nursing;  November 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... published about the severely obese patient has focused on weight ... rehabilitation of severely obese patients. The tools needed to ... were reluctant to touch obese patients and 24% described obese patients as "repulsive" (Puhl ...

Article: Laser lithotripsy safe for obese patients: ...
Renal & Urology News;  August 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... overweight, and obese patients, respectively ... larger proportion of obese patients (79.6%) required ... observed that while "obese patients are more likely to ... in the overweight or obese patient." Jerzy Gajewski ...

Article: Resuscitation of the morbidly obese patient ...
Biotech Week;  April 7, 2004 ;     577 words ... ... resuscitating the morbidly obese patient is described in a ... critically ill or injured obese patients. The objective of ... critically ill or injured obese patient and their potential ... Resuscitation of the morbidly obese patient. Am J Emerg Med ...

Article: Carper against extra fees for obese patients , Some ...
Charleston Daily Mail;  October 27, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... charging extra fees for obese patients - an idea that has gained ... when you have a morbidly obese patient," he said. "But it ... 1,421 for an extremely obese patient, compared with $758 for ... proponents of the extra fees said obese patients are grateful for equipment ...