Obesity hypoventilation syndrome - The big and the breathless

Sleep Medicine Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 79-89

  Piper, Amanda J ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bilevel ventilation; Hypercapnia; Leptin; Morbid obesity; Respiratory failure; Sleep hypoventilation; Ventilatory control

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; BICARBONATE; LEPTIN; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE; PLACEBO; RESPIRATORY STIMULANT AGENT;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; BODY WEIGHT; BREATHING; COMORBIDITY; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NONHUMAN; OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESPIRATORY DRIVE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION DISORDER; REVIEW; SLEEP TIME; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; TRACHEOSTOMY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; WAKEFULNESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; HYPERCAPNIA; LUNG; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME; OBESITY, MORBID; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79951771815     PISSN: 10870792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2010.04.002     Document Type: Review

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