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Last uploaded: January 16, 2025
Id http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D010845
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D010845
Preferred Name

Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome

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.
Synonyms
Hypoventilation Syndrome, Obesity
Pickwickian Syndrome
Obesity-Hypoventilation Syndrome
Obesity-Hypoventilation Syndromes
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