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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Autor principal: Sequeira, T (author)
Outros Autores: BaHammam, A (author), Esquinas, A (author)
Formato: article
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2017
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.10/1921
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.hff.min-saude.pt:10400.10/1921