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Obesity hypoventilation syndrome: a current review

Obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) is defined as the presence of obesity (body mass index ≥ 30 kg/m²) and daytime arterial hypercapnia (PaCO(2) ≥ 45 mmHg) in the absence of other causes of hypoventilation. OHS is often overlooked and confused with other conditions associated with hypoventilation...

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Autores principales: de Athayde, Rodolfo Augusto Bacelar, de Oliveira, José Ricardo Bandeira, Lorenzi, Geraldo, Genta, Pedro Rodrigues
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6459748/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30726328
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1806-37562017000000332