GUIDELINES

• 2022 ASMBS Indications for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery

 

• CDC Clinical Practice Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids for Pain
   

• ASMBS Position Statement on Preoperative Patient Optimization Before Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery

 

• ASMBS Obesity in America Fact Sheet
   

• Michigan Obesity Fact Sheet

 

• ASMBS Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Overview

 

• ASMBS Consensus Conference Statement Bariatric Surgery for Morbid Obesity: Health Implications for Patients, Health Professionals and Third-Party Payers

 

• MQIC Management of Overweight and Obesity in the Adult

 

• ASMBS Fact Sheet: Medical and Governmental Groups Supporting Bariatric Surgery

 

• ASMBS Recommendations for the Pre-surgical Psychosocial Evaluation of Bariatric Surgery Patients

 

• ASMBS Updated Position Statement on Insurance Mandated Preoperative Weight Loss Requirements

 

• ​AACE-TOS-ASMSBS Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Perioperative Nutrition, Metabolic and Nonsurgical Support of the Bariatric Surgery Patient

 

• ​ASMBS Nutritional Guidelines for the Surgical Weight Loss Patient

 

• ​ASMBS Clinical Pearls for the Emergency Care of the Bariatric Surgery Patient

 

• ASMBS Position Statement on Alcohol Use Before and After Bariatric Surgery

 

• "Do Not Crush" Medication List

 

• Medications that Promote Weight Gain