A Clinical Encounter With Pickwickian Syndrome

The clinical syndrome described in the literature as "Pickwickian syndrome" is characterized by a combination of sleep-disordered breathing, obesity, and daytime hypercapnia; the condition is also known as obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS). This syndrome is a diagnosis of exclusion af...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Curēus (Palo Alto, CA) CA), 2022-09, Vol.14 (9)
Hauptverfasser:	Upadhyay, Puja, Jadhav, Ulhas S, Aurangabadkar, Gaurang M, Lanjewar, Ajay V, Wagh, Pankaj, Ghewade, Babaji, Kadukar, Juhi
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Airway management Case reports Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Dyspnea Edema Eye movements Gastrointestinal surgery Heart rate Hypoventilation Hypoxia Internal Medicine Metabolism Obesity Oxygen saturation Patients Pleural effusion Preventive Medicine Pulmonology Pulse oximetry Sleep apnea Sleep disorders Ventilators Weight control
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