Anaesthesia has branched out to various subspecialities that are different in the knowledge of pathophysiology, pharmacotherapy, preoperative assessment and optimisation, intraoperative and postoperative management.

Abstract The effect of bariatric surgery on renal functions of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) is not well characterized. This prospective study included 13 adult patients having chronic kidney disease who underwent bariatric surgery. The primary objective was to examine the change in glomerular filtration rate (GFR) at 6 months post-bariatric surgery.

The Future is Big: childhood obesity and anesthesia: a new Challenge ! What are we going to discuss ? How is Pediatric obesity measured ? How obesity impacts child health and influences pediatric perioperative anesthesia care? What is the future of childhood obesity ?

Though adult obesity is a well identified and accepted health hazard there is too little information on childhood obesity. As anesthesiologists we are confronted with sever- al challenges while handling…