Obesity, metabolic syndrome, and inflammation: An update for anaesthetists caring for patients with obesity.

Our understanding of chronic inflammation in obesity is evolving. Suggested mechanisms include hypoxia of adipose tissue and a subsequent increase in circulating cytokines. It is now known that adipose tissue, far from being an inert tissue, produces and secretes multiple peptides that influence inflammation and metabolism, including substrates of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS).

Revisional bariatric surgery to single-anastomosis gastric bypass: a large multi-institutional series.

Background: Reoperation is often required after bariatric procedures. Single-anastomosis gastric bypass (SAGB) is increasingly utilized as a primary bariatric procedure. Few series document SAGB as a revisional bariatric procedure.

Improving Access to Bariatric Surgery for Rural and Remote Patients: Experiences from a State-Wide Bariatric Telehealth Service in Australia.

Background: The state of Queensland, Australia, is large (1.85 million km). The provision of bariatric care across the state is difficult as most major hospitals are concentrated in the capital city of Brisbane.

Doxycycline inhibition of abdominal aortic aneurysm growth: a systematic review of the literature.

Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a common disease and a major cause of death through rupture, the risk of which increases with aneurysm size. There is approximately a 5 year interval from when aneurysmal dilatation develops until it reaches a size where surgery is indicated. Slowing, or arresting, aneurysm growth during this period would be beneficial.