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Obesity hypoventilation syndrome

Obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) is defined as a combination of obesity (body mass index ≥30 kg·m(−2)), daytime hypercapnia (arterial carbon dioxide tension ≥45 mmHg) and sleep disordered breathing, after ruling out other disorders that may cause alveolar hypoventilation. OHS prevalence has be...

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Autores principales: Masa, Juan F., Pépin, Jean-Louis, Borel, Jean-Christian, Mokhlesi, Babak, Murphy, Patrick B., Sánchez-Quiroga, Maria Ángeles
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Respiratory Society 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9491327/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30872398
http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/16000617.0097-2018