Comprehensive care of a patient with obesity of BMI >70 kg/m 2

• Main Authors: Shaila Kabir, ABM Tofazzal Hossain, Sadia Choudhury Shimmi, Choo, Si Jie
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020
• Subjects: RA Public aspects of medicine
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/27412/1/Comprehensive%20care%20of%20a%20patient%20with%20obesity%20abstract.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/27412/2/Comprehensive%20care%20of%20a%20patient%20with%20obesity%20FULLTEXT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/27412/; https://doi.org/ 10.1136/bcr-2020-236197

A 31-year-old woman, with a body mass index of 70.31 kg/m2, presented with progressive worsening of dyspnoea for 3 days. She had multiple comorbidities, including obesity hypoventilation syndrome. The patient developed type II respiratory failure with respiratory acidosis along with multiorgan failu...