Volume 24, Issue 105, September - October, 2020

Pickwickian syndrome with severe pulmonary hypertension: Deciphering the early connection

Nipun Bawiskar^1♦, Sameera Dronamraju¹, Parth Godhiwala¹, Chetan Rathi², Sunil Kumar³

¹Post graduate student, Department of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Wardha, Maharashtra, India
²Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Wardha, Maharashtra, India
³Professor, Department of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Wardha, Maharashtra, India

^♦Corresponding author
Post graduate student, Department of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Wardha, Maharashtra, India; Email: nipun.bawiskar@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

Pulmonary Hypertension (PH) is commonly found in obesity hypoventilation syndrome but it has been assessed in very few studies. In patients referred to sleep clinics pulmonary hypertension is common among with OHS and must therefore be included in their regular assessment. This case report highlights a young male (20 year old) presenting with severe pulmonary hypertension who was having morbid obesity diagnosed as pickwickian syndrome.

Keywords: obesity; pulmonary hypertension; pickwickian syndrome

Medical Science, 2020, 24(105), 3679-3682

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