BACKGROUND Mitochondrial myopathies are characterized by primary dysfunction of the mitochondrial respiratory chain;they typically present as chronic muscle weak-ness.Clinically visible acute respiratory dysfunctions ...
Background: Blood pH and bicarbonate estimations are basal acid-base laboratory tests that are performed in infants with infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (IHPS). This study aimed to define the clinical value of...
Introduction:Rapid-onset obesity with hypothalamic dysfunction,hypoventilation,and autonomic dysregulation(ROHHAD)syndrome is an exceptionally rare clinical entity with significant morbidity and high mortality with ch...
The Special Fund of the Pediatric Medical Coordinated Development Center of Beijing Hospitals Authority,No.XTYB201807;Sanming Project of Medicine in Shenzhen,No.SZSM201512030.
Introduction:Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome(CCHS)is a rare disorder characterized by alveolar hypoventilation and autonomic system dysregulation secondary to mutations of the PHOX2B gene.Treatment consist...
To the Editor: Rapid-onset obesity with hypothalamic dysfunction, hypoventilation, and autonomic dysregulation (ROHHAD) syndrome is a rare disease. It is diagnosed in childhood (usually at 3-4 years of age). It a...
Obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) is defined as obesity (body mass index, 〉30 kg/m^2) with daytime hypoventilation (PCO2, 〉45 mmHg) that is not secondary to cardiopulmonary or neurologic disease. Around 8...
AIM: To characterize the profiles of alveolar hypoventilation during colonoscopies performed under sedoanalgesia with a combination of alfentanil and either midazolam or propofol. METHODS: Consecutive patients undergo...
A pilot study has been made of the simultaneous DC potential and total slow electrical activity changes during modeling various metabolic and functional states of the human brain. The multi-electrode DCEEG recordings ...