Journal article
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
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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Oxford Radcliffe Hospital Charitable
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Bibliographic Details
- 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
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1931-3543
- ISSN:
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0012-3692
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- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:477797
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uuid:d1067612-d4ea-41a5-a655-bdec0eb5e264
- Local pid:
- pubs:477797
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477797
- Deposit date:
- 2015-11-24
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- American College of Chest Physicians
- Copyright date:
- 2015
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