What are the indications for bariatric surgery?

dc.contributor.author	Pentin, Pamela L.	eng
dc.contributor.author	Nashelsky, Joan	eng
dc.date.issued	2005	eng
dc.description.abstract	No studies evaluate the commonly used indications for bariatric surgery. Consensus guidelines suggest that the surgical treatment of obesity should be reserved for patients with a body-mass index (BMI) >40 kg/m2 or with BMI >35 kg/m2 and 1 or more significant comorbid conditions, when less invasive methods of weight loss have failed and the patient is at high risk for obesity-associated morbidity and mortality (strength of recommendation: C, based on consensus guidelines).	eng
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10355/3370	eng
dc.language	English	eng
dc.publisher	Family Physicians Inquiries Network	eng
dc.relation.ispartofcollection	Clinical Inquiries, 2005 (MU)	eng
dc.relation.ispartofcommunity	University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Medicine. Department of Family and Community Medicine. Family Physicians Inquiries Network	eng
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Journal of family practice, 54, no. 07 (July 2005)	eng
dc.rights	OpenAccess.	eng
dc.rights.license	This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License.	eng
dc.subject	obesity	eng
dc.subject	comorbidity	eng
dc.subject	body-mass index	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Obesity -- Surgery	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Body mass index	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Weight loss	eng
dc.title	What are the indications for bariatric surgery?	eng
dc.type	Article	eng

Clinical Inquiries, 2005
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