General anesthesia for the heaviest man in the world

The prevalence of obesity has increased greatly over the last 20 years, resulting in an increase in the number of bariatric and nonbariatric surgeries in this population. We present the case of a 20-year-old male, weighing 610 kg (1345 lb), and believed to be the heaviest living man in the world. Af...

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Autores principales: Terkawi, Abdullah S., Rafiq, Mahmood, Algadaan, Reaad, Ur Rehman, Insha, Doais, Khaled S., Durieux, Marcel E., AlSohaibani, Mazen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4268505/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25538498
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1658-354X.144087
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author Terkawi, Abdullah S.
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description The prevalence of obesity has increased greatly over the last 20 years, resulting in an increase in the number of bariatric and nonbariatric surgeries in this population. We present the case of a 20-year-old male, weighing 610 kg (1345 lb), and believed to be the heaviest living man in the world. After 4 months of rigorous in-hospital weight reduction, now weighing 510 kg (1125 lb), he underwent a laparoscopic gastric sleeve procedure under general anesthesia. This report describes the management of his anesthetic and exemplifies the challenges associated with this patient population.
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spelling pubmed-42685052014-12-23 General anesthesia for the heaviest man in the world Terkawi, Abdullah S. Rafiq, Mahmood Algadaan, Reaad Ur Rehman, Insha Doais, Khaled S. Durieux, Marcel E. AlSohaibani, Mazen Saudi J Anaesth Case Report The prevalence of obesity has increased greatly over the last 20 years, resulting in an increase in the number of bariatric and nonbariatric surgeries in this population. We present the case of a 20-year-old male, weighing 610 kg (1345 lb), and believed to be the heaviest living man in the world. After 4 months of rigorous in-hospital weight reduction, now weighing 510 kg (1125 lb), he underwent a laparoscopic gastric sleeve procedure under general anesthesia. This report describes the management of his anesthetic and exemplifies the challenges associated with this patient population. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014-11 /pmc/articles/PMC4268505/ /pubmed/25538498 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1658-354X.144087 Text en Copyright: © Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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