Noninvasive Ventilation in the Critically Ill Patient With Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome: A Review.

Obesity is a global epidemic that adversely affects respiratory physiology. Sleep-disordered breathing and obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) are among the most common pulmonary complications related to obesity class III. Patients with OHS may present with acute hypercapnic respiratory failure (...

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Main Author: Sequeira, T (author)
Other Authors: BaHammam, A (author), Esquinas, A (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2017
Subjects:
Noninvasive ventilation
Ventilação não invasiva
Obesity hypoventilation syndrome
Síndrome de hipoventilação por obesidade
Obesity
Intensive care units
Respiratory insufficiency
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.10/1921
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.hff.min-saude.pt:10400.10/1921

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