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| Â | eMedicine - Hypoventilation Syndromes : Article by Jackie A Hayes, MD, FCCP |
 | | Again, use oxygen therapy with caution in patients with alveolar hypoventilation because some of these patients may experience worsening of hypercapnia. | | | Kyphoscoliosis is the chest wall deformity most commonly associated with hypoventilation. | | | Bariatric surgical procedures such as gastric bypass procedures should be offered to patients who are appropriate surgical candidates and are willing to accept the risk of the surgical procedure. |
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http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic3470.htm
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| Â | IVUN News: Spring 2000, Volume 14, No. 1, page 2 |
| | Administering oxygen does not provide assistance to the weakening respiratory muscles, but gives both the patient and the doctor the false impression that appropriate treatment is being provided. | | | While in fact hypoventilation is mistaken for an oxygen transfer problem. | | | Apart from a limited number of situations such as pneumonia or lung fibrosis, oxygen therapy is usually inappropriate and may prove hazardous. |
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http://www.post-polio.org/ivun/ivun8a.html
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| | The low hypoxic ventilatory response may be explained partly by the fact that the hypoventilation could be time specific. | | | No autopsies, to our knowledge, have been made and some cases were diplomats whose bodies were rapidly returned to their countries of origin. | | | Some authors (1,2,3,8) suspect that a poor hypoxic ventilatory response (HVR) may be related to the presentation of Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS). |
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http://www.geocities.com/zubietaippa/hyperv.html
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| | Although monitoring does not guarantee prevention of unexpected death during sleep, evidence shows that lives of infants at extraordinarily high risk may be saved. | | | Effectiveness of home monitoring of infants depends on the proper choice of instrumentation, appropriate training of caretakers in acceptable intervention and cardiopulmonary resuscitation, adequate compliance and continued professional support. | | | Children who have had one or more ALTEs, infants with AOP, siblings of two or more SIDS victims and infants with certain conditions such as central hypoventilation should be monitored. |
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http://www.childsdoc.org/fall96/sheldon/sleepdis.asp
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| Â | Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome,CCHS,Central Hypoventilation,Congenital Alveolar Hypoventilation,Congenital ... |
| | Our current focus is to investigate the role of the cerebellum in ventilatory control. | | | We have studied exercise in CCHS, and we have documented that mechanoreceptors in the limbs stimulate the hyperpneic response to exercise in these children who have absent chemosensitivity. | | | Central Hypoventilation syndrome is a condition in which an infant or child breathes inadequately for themselves and needs support from a ventilator.It is a disorder where the breathing control centres in the brain are affected. |
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http://www.icomm.ca/geneinfo/cchs.htm
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| Â | 7.5 Metabolic Alkalosis - Compensation |
| | This reveals the ‘appropriate’ (in acid-base terms) physiological response but can cause concern. | | | As mentioned above, associated hypoxaemia is probably responsible for variability in the measured arterial pCO | | | For patients that you do not intubate and ventilate |
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http://www.qldanaesthesia.com/AcidBaseBook/AB7_5.htm
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| Â | Hypoventilation and SIDS |
| | All babies have pauses in their breathing during sleep, but the vast majority do not die. | | | It may well turn out that SIDS is somehow related to inadequate breathing during sleep, in which case calling it a hypoventilation syndrome may be accurate. | | | Quite a bit of research has been ongoing for 30-years suggesting that SIDS may be due to some abnormality in breathing during sleep. |
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http://sids-network.org/experts/hypoventilation.htm
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| Â | Pickwickian syndrome, obesity, daytime sleepiness, PCO2, hypoventilation, intensive care |
| | He is now practicing pulmonary medicine with University Mednet, and is an Associate Professor of Medicine, CWRU School of Medicine. | | | Martin was Chief of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mt. Sinai Medical Center, in Cleveland from 1976-2000, when the hospital closed its doors. | | | A high PCO2 in the blood signifies inadequate breathing or, in medical parlance, "hypoventilation." |
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http://www.mtsinai.org/pulmonary/books/icu/pickwick.html
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| | Reviewed By: David A. Kaufman, M.D., Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. | | | Hypoventilation is breathing that is not adequate to meet the needs of the body (too shallow or too slow), or reduced lung function. | | | Hypoventilation results in inadequate oxygenation of and a rise in the carbon dioxide level in the blood. |
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http://www.drcoop.com/ency/article/002377.htm
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| Â | Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome / Family Village Library |
| | We are an international group, working to connect CCHS families around the world in the effort of increasing awareness, interest in CCHS research and sharing news about new technologies used in the medical care of our children. | | | The mission of the CCHS Family Support Network is to educate families, medical professionals and care-givers about CCHS and to advocate for optimal care for our children diagnosed with CCHS. | | | This is the place to find information and support for Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome (CCHS). |
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http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/lib_cchs.html
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| Â | Prevention of Pulmonary Mobidity |
| | level rises above 95%, hypoventilation due to weak chest muscles is a likely cause. | | | Management of chronic alveolar hypoventilation by nasal ventilation. | | | levels without testing to determine if the patient suffers from hypoventilation. |
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http://www.livingfortoday.org/health/bach/prevention.htm
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| Â | ► Hypoventilation |
| | The information provided herein should not be used during any medical emergency or for the diagnosis or treatment of any medical condition. | | | Hypoventilation results in inadequate oxygenation of the blood. | | | Breathing that is not adequate to meet the needs of the body (too shallow or too slow), or reduced lung function. |
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http://www.umm.edu/ency/article/002377.htm
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| Â | AllRefer Health - Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome (OHS) (Pickwickian Syndrome) |
| | Obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) is a condition related to (but can occur separately from) obstructive sleep apnea. | | | You are here : AllRefer.com > Health > Diseases and Conditions > Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome (OHS) | | | In OHS, a very obese person does not breathe a sufficient amount of oxygen during sleep or while awake. |
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http://health.allrefer.com/health/obesity-hypoventilation-syndrome-ohs-info.html
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| | PTcCO2 is a useful non-invasive method to screen patients at risk for alveolar hypoventilation in sleep. | | | 63% of the study group had hypoventilation during wake and sleep, 14% showed hypoventilation exclusively during sleep, and 23% of the patients showed no alveolar hypoventilation. | | | COnventional polysomnographic variables may suggest, but not diagnose, alveolar hypoventilation. |
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http://www.sleepscene.com/abstr2.htm
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| Â | Congenital Central Hypoventilation - [Support Group] |
| | For evidence-based information on diseases, conditions, symptoms, treatment and wellness issues, continue searching this site. | | | Mutual support for families caring for a child who has congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (aka Ondine's curse). |
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http://www.peacehealth.org/kbase/shc/shc29cch.htm
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| Â | Central Hypoventilation Syndrome, Congenital |
| | Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS), sometimes called "Ondine’s curse", is a rare neurological disorder present at birth that is characterized by a lack of the appropriate trigger mechanisms to provide adequate breathing during sleep and, sometimes, also during waking periods. | | | Apparently, the two disorders share a common molecular pathology that remains poorly understood. | | | This is an abstract of a report from the National Organization for Rare Disorders, Inc. ® (NORD). |
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http://my.webmd.com/hw/parenting_and_pregnancy/nord196.asp
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| Â | Japanese family with parkinsonism, depression, weight loss, and central hypoventilation -- Tsuboi et al. 58 (7): 1025 ... |
| | Japanese family with parkinsonism, depression, weight loss, and central hypoventilation -- Tsuboi et al. | | | Japanese family with parkinsonism, depression, weight loss, and central hypoventilation | | | with depression, weight loss, and central alveolar hypoventilation. |
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http://www.neurology.org/cgi/content/abstract/58/7/1025
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| Â | Encyclopedia: Hypoventilation |
| | In medicine, hypoventilation exists when ventilation is inadequate to perform gas exchange. | | | It generally causes increased carbon dioxide concentration (hypercapnea) and respiratory acidosis. | | | Contrary to the popular rhyme, the rain falls mainly on Guinea. |
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http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Hypoventilation
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| | obesity hypoventilation syndrome : ICSD: Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome | | | primary alveolar hypoventilation syndrome : ICSD: Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome | | | congenital central hypoventilation syndrome : ICSD: Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome |
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http://www.uni-marburg.de/sleep/enn/database/pub_stw.html
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