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Child obesity and anaesthetic morbidity.

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Veyckemans, Francis [UCL]

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To knock down the following myths: obesity in paediatric patients is rare and mainly a North-American problem; obesity in childhood has no long-term harmful effects. To sensitize the anaesthesiologists to a problem seldom addressed in the anaesthetic literature. RECENT FINDINGS: Recent medical information concerning the incidence and pathophysiology of obesity in paediatric patients is summarized. SUMMARY: The early manifestations of the comorbidities associated with obesity in adults are already present in overweight and obese children and should be addressed for their safe anaesthetic management. Perioperative respiratory events seem more frequent in overweight and obese patients.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Article de recherche – Journal Article, Review
Access type Accès restreint
Publication date 2008
Language Anglais
Journal information "Current opinion in anaesthesiology" - Vol. 21, no. 3, p. 308-12 (2008)
Peer reviewed yes
issn 0952-7907
e-issn 1473-6500
Publication status Publié
Affiliations UCL - (SLuc) Service d'anesthésiologie
UCL - MD/CHIR - Département de chirurgie
MESH Subject Age Factors ; Anesthesia, General - adverse effects - methods ; Anesthesiology ; Body Mass Index ; Child ; Humans ; Incidence ; Obesity - complications - physiopathology - therapy ; Prevalence
Keywords Anesthesia ; Children ; Compilations ; Obesity
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Bibliographic reference Veyckemans, Francis. Child obesity and anaesthetic morbidity.. In: Current opinion in anaesthesiology, Vol. 21, no. 3, p. 308-12 (2008)
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/26298