What is it about?
Obese patients with sleep-disordered breathing may develop respiratory failure with high carbon dioxide in the blood. These patients are mismanaged as COPD or heart failure.
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Why is it important?
Early diagnosis and early initiation of non-invasive ventilation improve the outcome and shorten the hospital stay.
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This page is a summary of: Managing acute respiratory decompensation in the morbidly obese, Respirology, June 2012, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2011.02099.x.
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