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Results 1 - 4 of 4 for Hypoventilation
  1. Primary alveolar hypoventilation 
    Alveolar hypoventilation means that a person does not have enough respiratory function to keep the blood level of carbon ... deeply or quickly. In people with primary alveolar hypoventilation, this change in breathing does not happen. The ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000078.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  2. Obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) 
    Obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) causes poor breathing in some people with obesity. It leads to lower oxygen and higher ... 2024:chap 74. Mokhlesi B, Tamisier R. Obesity-hypoventilation syndrome. In: Kryger M, Roth T, Goldstein CA, ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000085.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. Hypoventilation 
    Hypoventilation is breathing that is too shallow or too slow to meet the needs of the body. ... little oxygen in the blood. A person with hypoventilation might feel sleepy.
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002377.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  4. Respiratory acidosis 
    ... help prevent respiratory acidosis due to obesity (obesity-hypoventilation syndrome). Be careful about taking sedating medicines, and ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000092.htm - Medical Encyclopedia