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 ...

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 ...

Obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) is a serious yet commonly misdiagnosed condition. New recommendations from a panel of the American Thoracic Society (ATS) offer clinical guidance on screening ...

"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 ...

The study covered in this summary was published in Preprints With The Lancet and has not yet been peer reviewed. Patients with diabetes who were hospitalized for diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) had worse ...

Top athletes will do anything to be the best at what they do. Among the various means employed is hypoventilation (hypoxia) training. A method where the athlete trains alternating between periods of ...