Obesity hypoventilation syndrome: Current theories of pathogenesis

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 557-562

  Pierce, Aaron M ^a   Brown, Lee K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MSC01 1070   (United States)

Author keywords

Control of breathing; leptin; obesity hypoventilation syndrome; obstructive sleep apnea; pathogenesis of hypoventilation; Pickwickian syndrome

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; BREATHING MECHANICS; CHEMORECEPTOR; DISEASE COURSE; EXPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOVENTILATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONINVASIVE VENTILATION; OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME; PATHOGENESIS; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); ANIMAL; ANOXIA; COMPLICATION; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; HUMANS; LEPTIN; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 84942414797     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: 15316971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCP.0000000000000210     Document Type: Review

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