Clin Respir Med | Volume 1, Issue 1 | Review Article | Open Access

Post-Operative Respiratory Complications in Morbidly Obese, What can we do?

Hazem E Elsersy^*

Department of Anesthesia, Menofia University, Egypt

^*Correspondance to: Hazem E Elsersy 

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Abstract

Morbidly obese patients are subjected to postoperative respiratory complications due to the presence of respiratory co-morbidities, inadequate pain relief and the extensive use of opioids with its ventilatory depressiveside effects. The use of combination of multiple analgesic adjuvants such as Dexmedetomidine, Ketamine and Xylocaine that are not only devoid of respiratory depression but also enhance bronchodilatation and prevent bronchospasm could be of help to provide effective analgesia, substantially reduce or eliminate the need for opioid analgesics, reduce respiratory complications in morbidly obese patients

Citation:

Elsersy HE. Post-Operative Respiratory Complications in Morbidly Obese, What can we do? Clin Respirat Med. 2018; 1(1): 1004.