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Pulmonary embolism in obesity-hypoventilation syndrome.

Aydanur EkiciMehmet Savaş EkiciŞule İleriAsiye Büşra ÇimenHabibe Aslan
Published in: The clinical respiratory journal (2020)
Present cases indicate that pulmonary embolism are also very common in patients with obesity-hypoventilation syndrome, anticoagulant therapy is at least as important as the treatment of the current disease. Clinicians will frequently be faced with patients with obesity-hypoventilation syndrome suspected of PE.
Keyphrases
  • pulmonary embolism
  • insulin resistance
  • inferior vena cava
  • metabolic syndrome
  • weight loss
  • type diabetes
  • high fat diet induced
  • weight gain
  • case report
  • positive airway pressure
  • adipose tissue
  • bone marrow
  • cell therapy