Nursing Obesity an Overview of Term Paper

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Drug dosing is often based overall on the "volume of distribution for the loading dose and on the clearance for maintenance, with volume of distribution being increased if drug is distributed among lean and fat tissues (Casati & Putzu, 2005).

Coe, Saleh, Samuel & Edwards (2004) report that multiple problems related to anesthesia and obesity exist. The level of obesity defined by MBI has a significant impact on the type of anesthesia most patients choose (Coe, et. al, 2004). Recent studies have focused on encouraging patients to lose a certain amount of weight prior to surgical intervention to make anesthesia delivery a more viable and safe option (Coe, et. al, 2004).
Unfortunately most patients undergoing bariatric surgery have utilized all other resources thus must risk any potential contraindications associated with anesthetic delivery in order to lose weight.

Conclusions

Obesity is a complicated and rapidly advancing disease affecting millions of people every year. There are multiple environmental and genetic factors that may contribute to obesity. Obese patients are more at risk for co morbid conditions and complications with surgery particularly when anesthesia must be delivered. In most cases patients would benefit from losing weight prior to surgery......

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