Obesity is an increasingly prevalent disease and is a root and complication of conditions
necessitating mechanical ventilation. Obese patients require a careful approach due to the …

Obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) is defined as hypercapnia during wakefulness in
an obese patient, without any other known cause, accompanied with some form of sleep …

Obesity hypoventilation syndrome is becoming an increasingly encountered condition both
in respiratory outpatient clinics and in hospitalized patients. The health consequences and …

Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome (OHS) is a sleep-related hypoventilation disorder
characterized by obesity (body mass index, BMI≥ 30 kg/m2) and daytime hypercapnia …

Obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) is defined as the presence of awake daytime
hypercapnia and sleep-disordered breathing in an obese individual that can't be attributed …

In recent years, obesity has become endemic in developed countries. Medical care of the
obese patient is extremely challenging, especially critically ill obese individuals. The …

The incidence of severe obesity has risen dramatically in the United States and around the
world. A major complication of severe obesity is obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) …

Obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) is characterized as obesity and daytime
hypoventilation in the absence of other causes of hypoventilation such as pulmonary …

Abstract Purpose of Review This is a review of the current understanding of the
pathophysiology behind the development of daytime hypercapnia in a subset of obese …

Obesity is a national epidemic with rates that have dramatically increased over the past 2
decades. Currently, 34% of adults and 17% of children in the United States are obese. In …