Pediatric obesity and hypoventilation syndrome

Obesity-hypoventilation syndrome is obesity-pulmonary hypoventination syndrome, also known as pickwickian syndrome, obesity with cardiopulmonary failure, and idiopathic alveolar hypoventilation Syndrome, cardiopulmonary-obesity syndrome, obesity-dyspnea-sleepiness syndrome, narcolepsy with diabetic hyperinsulin syndrome, etc. This symptom is common in extremely obese children and is a clinical syndrome of severe obesity. It is related to obesity to hypoventilation. It belongs to a subtype of alveolar hypoventilation syndrome. It is a special type of pulmonary heart disease. It is a common and serious complication in obese patients. This symptom refers to a series of symptoms caused by alveolar hypoventilation in the case of extremely obese patients without primary heart or lung disease. If weight loss can be achieved, clinical symptoms can be significantly improved.

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