Obesity

New findings from University of Washington in the area of obesity published

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, April 7th, 2008

According to a study from the United States, "An obese body habitus may interfere with diagnosis of potentially life-threatening conditions. This report describes an obese woman who presented with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure and diffuse infiltrates."

"Her body habitus disguised her parturient abdomen and she could not provide a history because she was intubated and paralysed. Only after a urine pregnancy test was undertaken did it become apparent that she was pregnant and the diagnosis of pre-eclampsia with pulmonary oedema was considered. Urine pregnancy tests are part of the standard work-up for abdominal pain in women of childbearing age, but are not viewed...

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Source: Obesity and Diabetes Week (2008-04-07)

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