Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS), a rare disorder typically presenting in the newborn period, results in over 90% of cases from PHOX2B polyalanine repeat mutations. It is ...

A recent study published in CHEST found that treatment-naïve adults with obesity-hypoventilation syndrome receiving a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Many patients with obesity hypoventilation syndrome are misdiagnosed as having other respiratory conditions and ...

This page lists all known medications that could potentially lead to 'Hypoventilation' as a side effect. It's important to note that mild side effects are quite common with medications. The medication ...

Sleep-related hypoventilation is a breathing-related disorder that interrupts normal sleep. This condition may be diagnosed when all other sleep disorders have been ruled out, though it may appear ...

The American Thoracic Society has published an official clinical guideline on the evaluation and management of obesity hypoventilation syndrome in the Society's Aug. 1 American Journal of Respiratory ...

Severe Obesity Health Risk: A team of doctors at CK Birla Hospital in Gurugram saved the life of a 75-year-old woman in a very difficult and risky case and discharged her safely. How was the patient ...

CHICAGO -- A 5-year-old in Chicago has overcome the odds to celebrate her fifth birthday. Now, her family is raising money for her to receive life-changing surgery. When Alice Cloe was born on Nov. 22 ...

Examine the genotype–phenotype relationship in Japanese congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS) patients and estimate the incidence of CCHS in Japan. Subjects were 92 Japanese patients with ...

New clinical guideline on obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) is released because it is often an undiagnosed or misdiagnosed condition, which jeopardizes patients health and increases health care ...

In 13 patients, free of cardiopulmonary disease, who had been subjected to hyperventilation for an average of two and three-quarters hours during anesthesia and operation, spontaneous breathing began ...