González MM, Sunderland TN, García CS

Language: Spanish
References: 28
Page: 42-49
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ABSTRACT

Obesity is now one of public health issues of greatest relevance in the developed world. Due to the high prevalence seen in recent decades and the need, in many cases, to undergo surgery due to life-compromising diseases, the anesthesiologist faces a growing number of obese patients in his/her daily practice. Therefore, it is important to clearly understand the physiological changes and the impact of obesity during any anesthetic procedure. We present the case of a hypertensive and obese women with a BMI of 50 kg/m², to whom it was necessary to perform a total abdominal hysterectomy due to endometrial hyperplasia, which produced severe anemia. With this work we intend to put on a reflection on the medical staff that treats patients with these characteristics as the action to take is always going to be a challenge for anesthesiology.

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