loading...| Preferred Name |
Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome |
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| Synonyms |
obesity-hypoventilation syndrome Pickwickian syndrome |
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| Definitions |
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. Hypoventilation syndrome in very obese persons with excessive adipose tissue around the abdomen and diaphragm 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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| ID |
http://www.ebi.ac.uk/efo/EFO_1001382 |
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| database_cross_reference |
MedDRA:10064205 MeSH:D010845 MESH:D010845 SCTID:190966007 MONDO:0009763 OMIM:257500 ICD9:786.09 UMLS:C0031880 |
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| 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. Hypoventilation syndrome in very obese persons with excessive adipose tissue around the abdomen and diaphragm 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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| exactMatch |
http://identifiers.org/snomedct/190966007 http://identifiers.org/mesh/D010845 |
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| has_exact_synonym |
obesity-hypoventilation syndrome |
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| has_related_synonym |
Pickwickian syndrome |
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| id |
EFO:1001382 |
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| label |
Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome |
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| notation |
EFO:1001382 |
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| prefLabel |
Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome |
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| term editor |
Dani Welter |
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