Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 24, Issue 2 , Pages 211-225 , June 2010

Perioperative management of obese patients

  • Paolo Pelosi, MD (Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento Ambiente, Salute e Sicurezza, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Varese: Servizio di Anestesia e Rianimazione B, Ospedale di Circolo, Fondazione Macchi, Viale Borri 57, 21100, Varese, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39-0332 278801; Fax: +39 02 55033230.
    • ,
  • Cesare Gregoretti, MD

      Affiliations

    • Dipartimento di emergenza e accettazione CTO-M.Adelaide, Via Zuretti 29 10100 Torino, Italy
    • Tel.: +39-011-69337361.

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doi: 10.1016/j.bpa.2010.02.001

Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology
Volume 24, Issue 2 , Pages 211-225 , June 2010

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