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Is a raised bicarbonate, without hypercapnia, part of the physiologic spectrum of obesity-related hypoventilation?

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BACKGROUND: Obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) conventionally includes awake hypercapnia, but an isolated raised bicarbonate, even in the absence of awake hypercapnia, may represent evidence of "early" OHS. We investigated whether such individuals exhibit certain features characteristic of established OHS. METHODS: Obese subjects (BMI greater than 30 kg/m(2)) were identified from a variety of sources and divided into those with (1) normal blood gas measurements and normal acid-base balanc...

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Published
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Peer reviewed

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10.1378/chest.14-1279

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
NDM
Sub department:
NDM Experimental Medicine
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Oxford Biomedical Research Centre More from this funder
Publisher:
American College of Chest Physicians Publisher's website
Journal:
Chest Journal website
Volume:
147
Issue:
2
Pages:
362-368
Publication date:
2015-02-01
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EISSN:
1931-3543
ISSN:
0012-3692
Language:
English
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pubs:477797
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uuid:d1067612-d4ea-41a5-a655-bdec0eb5e264
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pubs:477797
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477797
Deposit date:
2015-11-24

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