Answer to Question 1
No, he would not. Gastric partitioning is major surgery. Most surgeons would not touch TB because of the large risk involved with the healing process of morbid obesity.
Answer to Question 2
Glucose could be high 2o to nonfasting and/or stress in addition to diabetes. A fasting value should be obtained after the patient settles down.
His PaCO2 is high, indicating he is retaining CO2 . This is probably due to his inability to ventilate properly 2o to his massive size. This causes pH to drop and HCO3- to decrease.
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Tubal ligation. To minimize the size of the incisions necessary, laparoscopic surgery may be used to
Prevalence of Obesity in the United States
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Explain the assumptions that must be satisfied in order to validly use the one-way ANOVA ...