Obesity and its repercussions constitute an important source of morbidity, impaired quality of
life and its complications can have a major bearing on life expectancy. The present article …

Obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) is defined as a combination of obesity (body mass
index≥ 30 kg· m− 2), daytime hypercapnia (arterial carbon dioxide tension≥ 45 mmHg) and …

The complexity of central breathing disturbances during sleep has become increasingly
obvious. They present as central sleep apnoeas (CSAs) and hypopnoeas, periodic …

Pulmonary hypertension remained an unexplained intractable disease with poor prognosis.
In the last 2 decades, however, the diagnosis and treatment methods for this disease …

Rationale: The incidence of obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) may be increasing in
parallel with the present obesity epidemic. Despite extensive noninvasive ventilation (NIV) …

Background Oral appliance (OA) therapy is increasingly prescribed as a non-continuous
positive airway pressure treatment modality for sleep-disordered breathing (SDB). Although …

Rationale: Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) is widely used in episodes of acute hypercapnic
respiratory failure (AHRF) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) …

The estimated prevalence of ventilator-dependent individuals in Europe is 6.6 per 100 000
people. The increasing number and costs of these complex patients make present health …

Obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) is defined by the triad of obesity, daytime
hypoventilation, and sleep-disordered breathing without an alternative neuromuscular …

The drumbeats have been sounding for some time now—the obesity epidemic has become
a pandemic. By 2015, nearly 1 of 3 adults in the world are expected to be overweight (body …