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 ...
Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital of North Staffordshire, Stoke on Trent, UK Dr M Samuels, Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital of North Staffordshire, Stoke on Trent, ...
Secondary polycythemia, also known as secondary erythrocytosis or secondary erythrocythemia, is a rare condition in which your body produces an excess amount of red blood cells. This overproduction of ...
IN the normal subject, an increment in the partial pressure of carbon dioxide (Pco 2) in arterial blood of only a few millimeters of mercury suffices to double or even triple minute and alveolar ...
Researchers from the George Washington University have uncovered promising evidence in an animal study that shows setmelanotide, an FDA-approved medication for a rare genetic obesity disorder, may ...
Researchers from George Washington University have uncovered promising evidence in an animal study that shows setmelanotide, an FDA-approved medication for a rare genetic obesity disorder, may offer a ...
Researchers from George Washington University have uncovered promising evidence in an animal study that shows setmelanotide, an FDA-approved medication for a rare genetic obesity disorder, may offer a ...
If you toss and turn at night or wake up feeling exhausted, you might be dealing with a sleep-related breathing disorder. These conditions not only interfere with your breathing while you’re sleeping ...
Researchers evaluated oxygen saturation and arterial CO2 variables to screen for sleep disordered breathing in children with SMA type 1-3. Of the measures evaluated, only an oxygen desaturation index ...
This is a comprehensive table of sleep medicine ICD-10 codes used by researchers and healthcare professionals and personnel – nurses, medical coders, physicians, et al. This table has been curated for ...
"Obesity and treatment with growth hormone in children with PWS are known risk factors for hypoventilation as well as OSAS."- Jon Matthew Farber, MD Many children and adolescents with Prader-Willi ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ordered a software recall for a type of ventilator, for fear of "serious injuries or death." The ventilators—the Philips Respironics, Inc. Trilogy EVO, ...