Bariatric Surgery: What Every Provider Needs to Know
Bariatric Surgery: What Every Provider Needs to Know
Bariatric Surgery: What Every Provider Needs to Know is a medical reference written for healthcare providers and students who care for patients undergoing weight loss surgery. It takes a multidisciplinary team approach, covering the full arc of care from patient selection through postoperative management.
Edited by R. Armour Forse and Caroline M. Apovian and developed with more than 50 contributors, the book is designed to make bariatric concepts accessible to non-surgeons and non-nutrition experts. Topics include adolescent obesity and weight loss surgery, procedures such as gastric banding, sleeve gastrectomy and gastric bypass, anesthetic issues in patients with obesity, bariatric surgery in the elderly, immediate postoperative complications, medical management after surgery, and psychological issues in the bariatric patient.
This EPUB edition carries a file size of 14.3 MB and is the first edition, published in 2016 in English. It is intended for nurse practitioners, physician assistants, gastroenterology residents, dieticians and medical students.
Key Features
| Format | EPUB |
| File size | 14.3 MB |
| Edition | 1 |
| Published year | 2016 |
| Language | English |
| ISBN | 9781617110566 |
| ISBN | 9781630913373 |
| Product type | Medical reference book |
| Subject | Bariatric surgery |
| Condition | New |
Highlights
- Takes a multidisciplinary team approach to bariatric care, from patient selection to postoperative care
- Designed to make bariatric concepts easy to understand for non-surgeons and non-nutrition experts
- Written by R. Armour Forse and Caroline M. Apovian with more than 50 contributors
- Covers adolescent obesity, surgical procedures, anesthetic issues, elderly patients, postoperative complications, medical management and psychological issues
- First edition, published in 2016, EPUB format
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