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	Pickwickian syndrome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Pickwickian syndrome, also known as obesity hypoventilation syndrome, is the combination of severe obesity, suffering from obstructive sleep apnea causing hypoxia and hypercapnia resulting in marked daytime somnolence.
		Although it is an eponym, it is not named after the doctor who first described it (as commonly happens) but after a literary character by Charles Dickens.
		According to Hoyle this hand is called a "full house." Because he had dropped off to sleep he failed to take advantage of this opportunity.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pickwickian_syndrome (475 words)

	Pickwickian Syndrome \| AHealthyMe.com
		Pickwickian syndrome is a complex of symptoms that primarily affect patients with extreme obesity.
		The syndrome is named after a character in a Charles Dickens novel, The Pickwick Papers, who seemed to show some of the traits of this disease.
		Symptoms of Pickwickian syndrome include excessive daytime sleepiness, shortness of breath due to elevated blood carbon dioxide pressure, disturbed sleep at night, and flushed face.
	www.ahealthyme.com /topic/topic103549071 (468 words)

	Pickwickian Syndrome- Health Encyclopedia and Reference
		Pickwickian syndrome is a disorder that was named after Joe, the fat, red faced boy in Charles Dickens' The Pickwick Papers.
		This syndrome is a combination of obstructive apnea in moderately to severely obese people, most of whom attempt to sleep face up.
		The Pickwickian syndrome consists of moderate to extreme obesity, alveolar (a hollow sac or cavity) hypoventilation, prolonged drowsiness, twitching, cyanosis (a dark bluish to purplish coloration of the skin), periodic breathing, secondary polycythemia (excessive red blood cells caused by low oxygen), and right sided heart failure.
	www.healthcentral.com /encyclopedia/408/745/Pickwickian_Syndrome.html (469 words)

	Healthline - Search Results For pickwickian syndrome
		Medically speaking, pickwickian syndrome is also known as Extreme obesity with alveolar hypoventilation; Healthline has automatically provided search results for both terms.
		Pickwickian syndrome is a complex of symptoms that primarily affect patients with extreme o...
		Hypercapnia in the obstructive sleep apnea syndrome A reevaluation of the Pickwickian syndrome R...
	www.healthline.com /search?q1=pickwickian+syndrome (446 words)

	Pickwickian syndrome - General Practice Notebook (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Pickwickian syndrome is named after a character in Charles Dickens' book, "The Pickwick Papers".
		This character was obese and had a tendency to fall asleep during the day.
		Pickwickian syndrome has become a term used to describe individuals who are obese, have some degree of respiratory failure during the day and suffer from cor pulmonale.
	www.gpnotebook.co.uk /cache/2067070988.htm (134 words)

	Shopping Resources - Pickwickian Syndrome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Signs and symptoms of sleep apnea and Pickwickian syndrome; effects on the heart and other systems; treatment options; therapy and research.
		A physician's story of a patient with the syndrome.
		Vanderbilt University discussion of the history of naming the syndrome, the causes, and its progression.
	ukuk.dyndns.org /directory/291/291130.htm (136 words)

	Unbound MEDLINE \| Pickwickian syndrome journal articles
		Pickwickian syndrome journal articles from PubMed MEDLINE database
		Hypoxia impairs the arousal response to external resistive loading and airway occlusion during sleep.
		Moreno MD ABS89: Overlap syndrome associated with an obesity-hypoventilation syndrome.
	www.unboundmedicine.com /medline/ebm/research/Pickwickian_syndrome (201 words)

	Pickwickian syndrome definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms
		Pickwickian syndrome: The combination of obesity, somnolence (sleepiness), hypoventilation (underbreathing), and plethoric (red) face.
		The syndrome is so named because of the "fat and red-faced boy in a state of somnolency" that Charles Dickens described in his novel, The Pickwick Papers.
		(The same boy is thought by some experts possibly to have had the Prader-Willi syndrome).
	www.medterms.com /script/main/art.asp?articlekey=4896 (160 words)

	Pickwickian Syndrome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The skin can also have a bluish tint, and the patient way have high blood pressure an enlarged liver, and a abnormally high red blood cell count.
		Pickwickian Syndrome is extreme obesity and can be prevented.
		Medroxyprogesterone can be used to help prevent Pickwickian Syndrome.
	www.dover.k12.ok.us /pickwickiansyndrome.html (161 words)

	AllRefer Health - Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome (OHS) (Pickwickian Syndrome)
		AllRefer Health - Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome (OHS) (Pickwickian Syndrome)
		Obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) is a condition related to (but can occur separately from) obstructive sleep apnea.
		In OHS, a very obese person does not breathe a sufficient amount of oxygen during sleep or while awake.
	health.allrefer.com /health/obesity-hypoventilation-syndrome-ohs-info.html (371 words)

	AllRefer Health - Respiratory System - Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome (OHS): Pictures & Images (Pickwickian ...
		AllRefer Health - Respiratory System - Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome (OHS): Pictures and Images (Pickwickian Syndrome)
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		Air is breathed in through the nasal passageways, travels through the trachea and bronchi to the lungs.
	health.allrefer.com /health/obesity-hypoventilation-syndrome-ohs-respiratory-system.html (368 words)

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