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MeSH Heading: Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome
Tree Number(s): C08.618.085.852.850.500; C08.618.846.565.500; C10.886.425.800.750.850.500; C18.654.726.750.500.600
Unique ID: D010845
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010845
Scope Note: HYPOVENTILATION syndrome in very obese persons with excessive ADIPOSE TISSUE around the ABDOMEN and DIAPHRAGM. It is characterized by diminished to absent ventilatory chemoresponsiveness; chronic HYPOXIA; HYPERCAPNIA; POLYCYTHEMIA; and long periods of sleep during day and night (HYPERSOMNOLENCE). It is a condition often related to OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA but can occur separately.
Entry Term(s): Obesity-Hypoventilation Syndrome; Pickwickian Syndrome
Public MeSH Note: 2006 (1970); see PICKWICK SYNDROME 1964-1969
History Note: 2006 (1970); use PICKWICK SYNDROME 1964-1969
Date Established: 1970/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2021/07/07

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cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome MeSH Descriptor Data 2025