Pickwickian syndrome, aka obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS), is a breathing disorder that can affect people with obesity. It can cause low oxygen and high carbon dioxide in the blood, potentially ...

The 1970 report of an infant with “failure of automatic control of ventilation” (30) was the first to describe the CCHS control of breathing deficit, including extraordinary details regarding the ...

Sleep-related hypoventilation is a breathing-related disorder that interrupts normal sleep. This condition may be diagnosed when all other sleep disorders have been ruled out, though it may appear ...

Pickwickian syndrome, also called obesity hypoventilation syndrome, happens when you're obese and have low oxygen levels in your blood combined with high levels of carbon dioxide (called Obesity ...

"High clinical suspicion is important for this population of patients. Since muscular dystrophy is progressive in nature, monitoring disease progression in these patients is critical for timing ...

In 13 patients, free of cardiopulmonary disease, who had been subjected to hyperventilation for an average of two and three-quarters hours during anesthesia and operation, spontaneous breathing began ...

CHICAGO -- A 5-year-old in Chicago has overcome the odds to celebrate her fifth birthday. Now, her family is raising money for her to receive life-changing surgery. When Alice Cloe was born on Nov. 22 ...