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Abstract
Case Report
A Case of Child Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome (OHS) Improved by Bi-level Positive Airway Pressure (BiPAP)
Kuniaki Matsuzawa Kou Niinomi Katsuhiko Tsukaguchi Hideo Okamura Mouka Tamura Hiroshi Kimura
Department of Internal Medicine, Nishinara National Hospital, 2-789 Shichijou, Nara city, Nara 630-8053, Japan
ABSTRACT
A 5-year-old boy was admitted to our hospital because of severe obesity and disordered breathing with snoring during sleep. Child OHS was diagnosed using polysomnography (PSG). Although he was treated initially with nasal CPAP, it was not acceptable to him. BiPAP produced marked reduction of the respiratory disorders during sleep, as confirmed by PSG. Few reports of BiPAP for child OHS have appeared in Japan. We concluded that child OHS could be successfully treated with BiPAP when nasal CPAP was not acceptable.
KEYWORDS
Child Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome Child Sleep isordered Breathing Obesity BiPAP
Received 平成15年3月18日
JJRS, 41(9): 681-684, 2003
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