
Clinical Features of Obesity-Hypoventilation Syndrome (OHS, Pickwickian Syndrome)
Purpose: | To determine if a patient has the obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS). |
Specialty: | Pulmonology Nutrition |
Objective: | clinical diagnosis, including family history for genetics |
ICD-10: | E66.2 |
Description: | The Obesity-Hypoventilation Syndrome (OHS) may occur in severely obese patients. It may be related to the increased work of breathing associated with displacing a large mass of fat. |
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