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Challenges in the optimisation of post-operative pain management with opioids in obese patients: a literature review.
Obesity surgery - 1 Sept 2013
Lloret-Linares C, Lopes A, Declèves X, Serrie A, Mouly S, Bergmann J-F, Perrot S
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An increasing number of obese patients are undergoing surgery, particularly bariatric and orthopaedic surgery. The physiological differences between obese and normal-weight subjects may modify not only anaesthetic requirements during surgery but also post-operative analgesic management, raising a...
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