Heart & lung : the journal of critical care
Outcomes of critically ill patients with obesity hypoventilation syndrome presenting with acute hypercapnic respiratory failure.
Pablo Álvarez-Maldonado, Grisel Hernández-Ríos, Alejandro Hernández-Solís, Arturo Reding-Bernal, José Guillermo Espinosa-Ramírez, Francisco Navarro-Reynoso
Published: 202610.1016/j.hrtlng.2025.102711
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Acute-on-chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure (AHRF) is among the most common causes of hospitalization in patients with obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS), and is associated with high mortality rates OBJECTIVES: To characterize th…
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