Preferred Label : obesity hypoventilation syndrome;

MeSH definition : 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.;

MeSH synonym : pickwickian syndrome; hypoventilation syndrome, obesity; Obesity-Hypoventilation syndrome; Obesity-Hypoventilation Syndromes;

CISMeF synonym : syndrome, obesity hypoventilation; syndrome, pickwickian;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obesity hypoventilation syndrome;

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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.

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