 Obesity, Morbid
"Obesity, Morbid" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The condition of weighing two, three, or more times the ideal weight, so called because it is associated with many serious and life-threatening disorders. In the BODY MASS INDEX, morbid obesity is defined as having a BMI greater than 40.0 kg/m2.
| Descriptor ID |
D009767
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C18.654.726.500.700 C23.888.144.699.500.500 E01.370.600.115.100.160.120.699.500.500 G07.100.100.160.120.699.500.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Obesity, Morbid- Obesity, Morbid
- Morbid Obesities
- Obesities, Morbid
- Obesity, Severe
- Obesities, Severe
- Severe Obesities
- Severe Obesity
- Morbid Obesity
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| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Obesity, Morbid" by people in Profiles.
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Mackey ER, Olson A, Merwin S, Wang J, Nadler EP. Perceived Social Support for Exercise and Weight Loss in Adolescents Undergoing Sleeve Gastrectomy. Obes Surg. 2018 02; 28(2):421-426.
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Vaughns JD, Ziesenitz VC, Williams EF, Mushtaq A, Bachmann R, Skopp G, Weiss J, Mikus G, van den Anker JN. Use of Fentanyl in Adolescents with Clinically Severe Obesity Undergoing Bariatric Surgery: A Pilot Study. Paediatr Drugs. 2017 Jun; 19(3):251-257.
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Mushtaq A, Vaughns JD, Ziesenitz VC, Nadler EP, van den Anker JN. Use of Enoxaparin in Obese Adolescents During Bariatric Surgery--a Pilot Study. Obes Surg. 2015 Oct; 25(10):1869-74.
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Maples JM, Brault JJ, Witczak CA, Park S, Hubal MJ, Weber TM, Houmard JA, Shewchuk BM. Differential epigenetic and transcriptional response of the skeletal muscle carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1B (CPT1B) gene to lipid exposure with obesity. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2015 Aug 15; 309(4):E345-56.
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Koeck ES, Barefoot LC, Hamrick M, Owens JA, Qureshi FG, Nadler EP. Predicting sleep apnea in morbidly obese adolescents undergoing bariatric surgery. Surg Endosc. 2014 Apr; 28(4):1146-52.
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McGuire MM, Nadler EP, Qureshi FG. Laparoscopic vertical sleeve gastrectomy for adolescents with morbid obesity. Semin Pediatr Surg. 2014 Feb; 23(1):21-3.
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Koeck E, Davenport K, Barefoot LC, Qureshi FG, Davidow D, Nadler EP. Inpatient weight loss as a precursor to bariatric surgery for adolescents with extreme obesity: optimizing bariatric surgery. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2013 Jul; 52(7):608-11.
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Kelleher DC, Merrill CT, Cottrell LT, Nadler EP, Burd RS. Recent national trends in the use of adolescent inpatient bariatric surgery: 2000 through 2009. JAMA Pediatr. 2013 Feb; 167(2):126-32.
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Nadler EP, Barefoot LC, Qureshi FG. Early results after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy in adolescents with morbid obesity. Surgery. 2012 Aug; 152(2):212-7.
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Nadler EP, Brotman LM, Miyoshi T, Fryer GE, Weitzman M. Morbidity in obese adolescents who meet the adult National Institutes of Health criteria for bariatric surgery. J Pediatr Surg. 2009 Oct; 44(10):1869-76.
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