Super obese 33-week parturient undergoing an urgent laparoscopic bowel resection: A case report and review of anesthetic implications

Approximately two percent of women undergo non-obstetric surgery during their pregnancies. The following case report describes the anesthetic management of a super obese parturient in her third trimester of pregnancy undergoing urgent laparoscopic (converted to open) bowel resection. Such a case, wh...

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Published in:	Journal of Obstetric Anaesthesia and Critical Care
Main Authors:	Yury Khelemsky, Danielle M Gluck
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2011-01-01
Subjects:	Anesthesia laparoscopic surgery parturient pregnancy super obesity
Online Access:	http://www.joacc.com/article.asp?issn=2249-4472;year=2011;volume=1;issue=2;spage=88;epage=91;aulast=Khelemsky