Eldawlatly Abdelazeem A
Department of Anesthesia, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, KSA.
Saudi J Anaesth. 2022 Jul-Sep;16(3):278-286. doi: 10.4103/sja.sja_311_22. Epub 2022 Jun 20.
We had started thinking of establishing "Bariatric Anesthesia Fellowship" (BAF) program in our setting since 2012. The reason was the increasing number of bariatric surgical cases for weight loss under general anesthesia (GA). The journey till establishing the BAF program consisted of two phases. Phase I started in 2012 to establish clinical practice guidelines (CPG) in "Anesthesia for Patients with Morbid Obesity undergoing weight loss surgery". Phase II started in 2015 to establish BAF program. In 2021 the first draft of BAF program was submitted to the medical education for approval. In March 2022, we got the interim approval of the program. Though the journey took sometime but ultimately it ended with success and achieving the dream. In this review, we are going to discuss a roadmap consisted of two phases in an attempt to reach our goal of establishing the BAF program.
自2012年起，我们就开始考虑在本院设立“肥胖症麻醉专科培训项目”（BAF）。原因是在全身麻醉（GA）下进行减肥的肥胖症外科手术病例数量不断增加。直至设立BAF项目的过程包括两个阶段。第一阶段始于2012年，旨在制定“肥胖症患者减肥手术麻醉”的临床实践指南（CPG）。第二阶段始于2015年，旨在设立BAF项目。2021年，BAF项目的初稿提交给医学教育部门审批。2022年3月，我们获得了该项目的临时批准。虽然这一过程耗时较长，但最终取得了成功，实现了梦想。在本综述中，我们将讨论一个由两个阶段组成的路线图，以努力实现我们设立BAF项目的目标。
