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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Síndrome de Hipoventilación por Obesidad
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Síndrome de Hipoventilação por Obesidade
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Synonyms English:
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Hypoventilation Syndrome, Obesity
Obesity-Hypoventilation Syndrome
Obesity-Hypoventilation Syndromes
Pickwickian Syndrome
Syndrome, Obesity Hypoventilation
Syndrome, Pickwickian
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Tree Number:
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C08.618.085.852.850.500
C08.618.846.565.500
C10.886.425.800.750.850.500
C18.654.726.500.600
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Definition English:
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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. |
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History Note English:
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2006 (1970); use PICKWICK SYNDROME 1964-1969
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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11277
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Unique Identifier:
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D010845
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Occurrence in VHL:
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Similar:
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DeCS
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