Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Medicine, University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur
Med J Malaysia, 1993 Sep;48(3):347-50.
PMID: 8183151

Abstract

A 47 year old man with a long history of chronic loud snoring and daytime sleepiness presented with hypercapnic respiratory failure and right ventricular failure. The diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) leading to the 'obesity-hypoventilation syndrome', was supported by the findings of an overnight cardio-respiratory monitoring during sleep. His symptoms and arterial blood gases improved following treatment with nocturnal nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP).

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