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COPD, obesity, sleep apnea, with subsequent problems of s/l "piklookian - 1mt

Posted: Jun 04, 2010

Patient with multiple problems - COPD, obesity, sleep apnea, with subsequent problems of s/l "piklookian" syndrome and pulmonary hypertension.

First thought is pickwickian syndrome. sm - Txczech

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pickwickian syndrome

a combination of severe, grotesque obesity, somnolence, and general debility, theoretically resulting from hypoventilation induced by the obesity; hypercapnia, pulmonary hypertension, and cor pulmonale can result.

Origin
[after the â��fat boyâ�� in Dickens' Pickwick Papers]

pickwickian syndrome - maybe

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http://www.healthscout.com/ency/68/745/main.html

check this out

never mind, got it - pickwickian - 1mt

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syndrome - bs

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Probably pickwickian syndrome. From Stedman's: Combination of severe, grotesque obesity, somnolence, and general debility, theoretically resulting from hypoventilation induced by the obesity; hypercapnia, pulmonary hypertension, and cor pulmonale can result. Origin [after the â��fat boyâ�� in Dickens's Pickwick Papers]

THANKS - 1mt

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