Obesity has long been recognized as having significant effects on respiratory function. The
topic has been studied for at least the last half century, and some clear patterns have …

Introduction Obesity can cause hypoxemia by decreasing lung volumes to where there is
closure of lung units during normal breathing. Studies describing this phenomenon are difficult …

The association between obesity and hypersomnolence has long been recognized. Of historical
interest, obesity-hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) was described well before obstructive …

During a T-tube trial following disconnection of mechanical ventilation, patients failing the trial
do not develop contractile diaphragmatic fatigue despite increases in inspiratory pressure …

Tweetable abstract Interpretation of pulmonary function testing in patients with amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis must account for coexisting lung diseases, when making patient care …

BACKGROUND: The ability to rapidly and precisely evaluate patients in respiratory distress
is essential. Due to limited opportunities for formal instruction during training, textbooks are …

Embarrassment is a powerful teacher. I was barely 3 months into my internship, on night float
at my residency’s Veterans Affairs hospital, when I received a page from a concerned ward …

The physicians who attended Dionysius, the son of Clearchus, who lived in continual fear of
suffocation from fat, adopted a very curious mode of keeping him awake: they appointed a …

Obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) is defined as hypercapnia during wakefulness in
an obese patient, without any other known cause, accompanied with some form of sleep-…

Background: population, the prevalence of REM OSA based on a traditional definition used
in the literature was 23%. However, the prevalence was reduced to 10% when a more strict …