Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome
"Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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HYPOVENTILATION syndrome in very obese persons with excessive ADIPOSE TISSUE around the ABDOMEN and DIAPHRAGM. It is characterized by diminished to absent ventilatory chemoresponsiveness; chronic HYPOXIA; HYPERCAPNIA; POLYCYTHEMIA; and long periods of sleep during day and night (HYPERSOMNOLENCE). It is a condition often related to OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA but can occur separately.
| Descriptor ID |
D010845
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C08.618.085.852.850.500 C08.618.846.565.500 C10.886.425.800.750.850.500 C18.654.726.500.695
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| Concept/Terms |
Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome- Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome
- Hypoventilation Syndrome, Obesity
- Syndrome, Obesity Hypoventilation
- Pickwickian Syndrome
- Syndrome, Pickwickian
- Obesity-Hypoventilation Syndrome
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome" by people in Profiles.
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Mokhlesi B, Masa JF, Afshar M, Almadana Pacheco V, Berlowitz DJ, Borel JC, Budweiser S, Carrillo A, Castro-A??n O, Ferrer M, Gagnadoux F, Golpe R, Hart N, Howard ME, Murphy PB, Palm A, Perez de Llano LA, Piper AJ, P?pin JL, Priou P, S?nchez-G?mez JF, Soghier I, Tamae Kakazu M, Wilson KC. The Effect of Hospital Discharge with Empiric Noninvasive Ventilation on Mortality in Hospitalized Patients with Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome. An Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2020 05; 17(5):627-637.
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Kopelman PG. Sleep apnoea and hypoventilation in obesity. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 1992 Dec; 16 Suppl 2:S37-42.