Incidence, Indications, and Predictive Factors for ICU Admission in Elderly, High-Risk Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy.

Nesreen Khidir,Moamena El-Matbouly,Mohammed Al Kuwari,Michel Gagner,Moataz M. Bashah

Incidence, Indications, and Predictive Factors for ICU Admission in Elderly, High-Risk Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy.

2018

Nesreen Khidir
Moamena El-Matbouly
Mohammed Al Kuwari
Michel Gagner
Moataz M. Bashah

Background Obesity affects the elderly, leading to increased prevalence of age- and obesity-associated comorbidities. There are no guidelines for indications and risk assessment for the elderly undergoing bariatric surgery.

Keywords:

Obstructive sleep apnea
Obesity
General surgery
Sleeve gastrectomy
Diabetes mellitus
Risk assessment
Medicine
icu admission
high risk patients
laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy

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