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Bariatric Surgery for Morbidly Obese Adolescents: A Review to Help Nurse Practitioners Counsel Patients
Washington State University
Master of Nursing (MN), Washington State University
08/2009
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/3564
Abstract
Morbid obesity in adolescents has increased in recent years despite growing awareness of this problem. Obese adolescents have increased risk for cardiac disease, diabetes, depression, obstructive sleep apnea, liver disease, and joint disorders. Typical non-surgical treatments often fail for morbidly obese adolescents. Due to the recent popularity and success of bariatric surgery in adults, many families are asking nurse practitioners to advise them about its safety for adolescents. The purpose of this article is to provide nurse practitioners with the basic knowledge and information needed to assist them in counseling adolescents and their families to make an informed decision about possible referral for consideration of bariatric surgery.
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- Title
- Bariatric Surgery for Morbidly Obese Adolescents: A Review to Help Nurse Practitioners Counsel Patients
- Creators
- Annette Byrd
- Contributors
- Louise Kaplan (Advisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Research Projects, College of Nursing
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Nursing (MN), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; Spokane, Washington
- Identifiers
- 99900590539601842
- Copyright
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us; Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US)
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis