Respiratory management in obese patients.

The important alterations in the respiratory function of morbidly obese patients in the perioperative period may play a significant part in determining pulmonary complications in the intra- and postoperative periods. In morbidly obese patients, adequate ventilatory settings in the intraoperative period and ICU admission in the postoperative period may help to reduce the incidence of pulmonary complications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]