Preferred Name

Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome [Disease/Finding]

Synonyms

Pickwickian Syndrome

ID

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000171674

altLabel

Pickwickian Syndrome

Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome

Obesity-Hypoventilation Syndrome

cui

C0031880

MESH 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.

MESH DUI

D010845

MeSH name

Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome

MESH UI

M0016835

NDFRT kind

DISEASE_KIND

notation

N0000171674

NUI

N0000171674

prefLabel

Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome [Disease/Finding]

SNOMED CID

190966007

tui

T047

subClassOf

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000001656

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