Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome-Related Challenges in Acute Respiratory Failure

Obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) is a condition commonly found in severely obese patients in which they fail to breathe deeply or rapidly enough to offset the body’s need for oxygen consumption and carbon dioxide release. This report presents a case of a 49-year-old super-super-morbid obese fe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Dougherty, Michael, Lomiguen, Christine M, Chin, Justin, McElroy, Philip K
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
Materias:
Anesthesiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8523440/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34692288
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.18066

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8523440/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34692288
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.18066

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