Pickwickian syndrome

Pickwickian syndrome can eventually lead to heart problems.

It was clear to us that the pneumonia was making his Pickwickian syndrome worse.

In some cases, sleep apnea is referred to as "Pickwickian Syndrome."

On the other hand Pickwickian syndrome (obesity-hypoventilation syndrome) is very commonly associated with right heart failure due to pulmonary hypertension.

Pickwickian Syndrome Q. I ran across the term "pickwickian syndrome" in a book.

Obesity hypoventilation syndrome (also known as Pickwickian syndrome) is a condition in which severely overweight people fail to breathe rapidly enough or deeply enough, resulting in low blood oxygen levels and high blood carbon dioxide (CO) levels.

Chronic respiratory acidosis also may be secondary to obesity hypoventilation syndrome (i.e., Pickwickian syndrome), neuromuscular disorders such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and severe restrictive ventilatory defects as observed in interstitial fibrosis and thoracic deformities.

In 1956, 120 years after "The Pickwick Papers" began serialization, Dr. C. S. Burwell and his colleagues published a medical case report titled "Extreme Obesity Associated With Alveolar Hypoventilation: A Pickwickian Syndrome."

Although about 1% to 4% of all people have breathing problems while sleeping, about 24% of overweight men and 9% of overweight women do.6 Obesity is associated with a higher prevalence of asthma.3 People who are obese tend to take smaller or shallower breaths (pickwickian syndrome).

Joe - the "fat boy" who consumes great quantities of food and constantly falls asleep in any situation at any time of day; Joe's sleep problem is the origin of the medical term Pickwickian syndrome which ultimately led to the subsequent description of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome.