Obesity is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Sedation of the procedure for these patients can pose significant challenges. Conscious sedation is the cause of many potentially serious unplanned events during endoscopy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Laparoscopic surgery is well accepted as a safe technique when performed on a third trimester pregnant woman.
Objective: The aim is to describe the anaesthetic management of a group of patients undergoing this type of surgery.
Material And Methods: An analysis was made of records of 6 patients in their third trimester of pregnancy and who underwent urgent laparoscopic surgery from 2011 to 2013.