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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Miyano G, Kalra M, Inge TH. Adolescent paraplegia, morbid obesity, and pickwickian syndrome: outcome of gastric bypass surgery. J Pediatr Surg. 2009 Mar; 44(3):e41-4.