[The obese patient and acute respiratory failure, a challenge for intensive care].

[The obese patient and acute respiratory failure, a challenge for intensive care]. Rev Mal Respir. 2019 Sep 11;: Authors: Lemyze M, Granier M Abstract As a result of the constantly increasing epidemic of obesity, it has become a common problem in the intensive care unit. Morbid obesity has numerous consequences for the respiratory system. It affects both respiratory mechanics and pulmonary gas exchange, and dramatically impacts on the patient's management and outcome. With the potential for causing devastating respiratory complications, the particular anatomical and physiological characteristics of the respiratory system of the morbidly obese subject should be carefully taken into consideration. The present article reviews the management of obese patients in respiratory failure, from noninvasive ventilation to tracheostomy, including postural and technical issues, and explains the physiologically based ventilatory strategy both for NIV and invasive mechanical ventilation up to the weaning from the ventilatory support. PMID: 31521432 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Revue des Maladies Respiratoires - Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Rev Mal Respir Source Type: research