Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose.
Disclosure(s):
Sara Hennessy, MD: No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose.
This session will define the challenges associated with device installation, use, and maintenance in patients with severe obesity (e.g., venous and arterial lines, chest tubes, ultrasound, bladder pressure monitoring).
Presentations in this session: Pitfalls and Common Errors in Airway Management in the ICU Patient With Severe Obesity - Samuel M. Galvagno, Jr, DO, MS, PhD, FCCM The Safe Insertion, Use, and Maintenance of Devices in ICU Patients With Severe Obesity - Sara Hennessy, MD Adjustments in Pharmacotherapy for Critically Ill Morbidly Obese Patients - Bethany Shoulders, PharmD Doing the Heavy Lifting: Nursing Challenges and Tips for the Successful Care of Patients With Severe Obesity - Jose Chavez, DNP Variations in Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition Prescription in the ICU Patient With Severe Obesity - Shelby Yaceczko
