Chapter 4 - Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89)»Overweight, obesity and other hyperalimentation (E65-E68)»Morbid (severe) obesity with alveolar hypoventilation (E66.2)
E66.2
Morbid (severe) obesity with alveolar hypoventilation
Related indications (MeSH) (1)
Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome2 drugs (1 approved, 1 experimental)
HYPOVENTILATION syndrome in very obese persons with excessive ADIPOSE TISSUE around the ABDOMEN and DIAPHRAGM. It is characterized by diminished to absent ventilatory chemoresponsiveness; chronic HYPOXIA; HYPERCAPNIA; POLYCYTHEMIA; and long periods of sleep during day and night (HYPERSOMNOLENCE). It is a condition often related to OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA but can occur separately.