Paradoxical worsening of hypoxemia in a patient treated by noninvasive positive pressure ventilation for obesity hypoventilation syndrome with concomitant obstructive sleep apnea: a case report

BACKGROUND: Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation is frequently prescribed to obese patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome and obesity hypoventilation syndrome. However, mechanical ventilation with a positive end-expiratory pressure can induce or worsen a right-to-left shunt through a pa...

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Autores principales: de Picciotto, Carole, Duménil, Coraline, Auzel, Olivier, Giraud, Violaine, Bonay, Marcel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5568202/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28830548
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-017-1393-1

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