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Terme préférentiel

Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Définition

  • 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.

Synonyme(s)

  • Obesity-Hypoventilation Syndrome
  • Pickwickian Syndrome

Traductions

  • français

  • SOH (Syndrome Obésité-Hypoventilation)
  • Syndrome de Pickwick
  • Syndrome obésité-hypoventilation (SOH)
  • Syndrome pickwickien

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-CKKHSBL1-N

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RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Date de création 01/01/1999, dernière modification le 07/07/2021