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OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME
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Descriptor
English
:
Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Síndrome de Hipoventilación por Obesidad
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Síndrome de Hipoventilação por Obesidade
Synonyms
English
:
Pickwickian Syndrome
Tree Number:
C08.618.085.852.850.500
C08.618.846.565.500
C10.886.425.800.750.850.500
C18.654.726.500.695
Definition
English
:
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.
History Note
English
:
2006 (1970); use PICKWICK SYNDROME 1964-1969
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
blood
cerebrospinal fluid
chemically induced
classification
congenital
complications
diet therapy
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genetics
history
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microbiology
mortality
nursing
pathology
prevention & control
physiopathology
parasitology
psychology
radiography
rehabilitation
radionuclide imaging
radiotherapy
surgery
therapy
urine
ultrasonography
veterinary
virology
Record Number:
11277
Unique Identifier:
D010845
Occurrence in VHL
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