الفهرس 
OBESITY
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Abstract
The prevalence of obesity is increasing dramatically in developed countries even in rich countries also and has doubled ortripled in the past few decades. Concomitantly, the proportion of obese patients presenting for surgery has increased, leaving us with many challenges associated with obesity. from both a surgical and anesthetic point of view, obese patients are considered high- risk, as they incur a significant increase in perioperative morbidity and br>mortality. The aim of thi study was assess the influence of various ventilatory strategies on haemodynamics, arterial oxygenation and respiratory mechanics during laparoscopy in morbidly obese patients. The present study was carried out on sixty morbidly obese female patients (ASA class I or IlL their age ranged between 28-45 years their body mass index (BMI»40kg/m2. The patients were admitted for laparoscopy under general anesthesia for pe Ivi-abdominal surgery.