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Vol. 150. Issue 4.
Pages 125-130 (February 2018)
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Vol. 150. Issue 4.
Pages 125-130 (February 2018)
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Obesity-hypoventilation syndrome and associated factors
Síndrome de obesidad-hipoventilación y factores asociados
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Ana Espínola Rodrígueza,
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, Luis Lores Obradorsb, Neus Parellada Esquiusc, Felisa Rubio Muñozd, Neus Espinosa Gonzaleze, Elisabet Arellano Marcuellob
a Centro de Atención Primaria Camps Blancs, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
b Servicio de Neumologia, Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
c Unidad de Metodología, Calidad y Evaluación, Dirección de Atención Primaria Costa de Ponent, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
d Centro de Atención Primaria Vila Vella, Sant Vicenç dels Horts, Barcelona, Spain
e Centro de Atención Primaria Montclar, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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Table 1. Clinical characteristics of the patients included in the study (n=136).
Table 2. Respiratory symptoms and results of the Epworth test according to the presence or absence of OHS.
Table 3. Results of the respiratory tests (spirometry, arterial blood gases and night pulse oximetry) according to the presence or not of OHS.
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Abstract
Background and objectives

Obesity causes important alterations in the respiratory physiology like sleep obstructive apnoea (SOA) and obesity-hypoventilation syndrome (OHS), both associated with high morbidity and mortality.

Also, these entities are clearly infradiagnosed and in the case of OHS the prevalence is unknown in the general obese population.

To determine the prevalence of OHS in the population of patients with morbid obesity and to know the comorbidity related with OHS, the associated respiratory symptoms and the pulse oximetry alterations.

Patients and method

Descriptive study. Selection of 136 adult patients with morbid obesity (BMI>40). Collected were anthropometric data, toxic habits, concomitant disease, symptom data, analytic data, dyspnoea grade, sleepiness scale (Epworth Test), electrocardiogram, chest X-ray, spirometry, nocturne ambulatory pulse oximetry and arterial gasometry.

Results

136 were studied, mean age 60 years old (SD 12.9 years), 73% (98) were women; 6.6% of patients presented diurnal hypercapnia indicative of OHS; 72% presented high blood pressure, 44% dyslipidaemia, 18% presented cardiovascular disease, 83% snored and 46% had apnoea; 30% presented stage II dyspnoea and 10% stage III.

The desaturation/hour index was above 3% ≥30 of occasions in 28.6% of patients and the percentage of patients with saturations <90% more than 30% of the time was 23.5%. The results were worse in patients with OHS.

Conclusions

The prevalence of OHS was lower than expected. Noteworthy were the high comorbidity of cardiovascular disease and the high frequency of respiratory symptoms associated with important alterations of pulse oximetry.

Keywords:
Obesity
Hypoventilation
Hypercapnia
Resumen
Fundamento y objetivos

La obesidad ocasiona alteraciones importantes de la fisiología respiratoria como el síndrome de apnea-hipoapnea del sueño (SAHS) y el síndrome de obesidad-hipoventilación (SOH), asociados ambos a elevada morbimortalidad.

Además, estas entidades están claramente infradiagnosticadas y en el caso de SOH se desconoce la prevalencia en población general obesa. Los objetivos del estudio son: determinar la prevalencia del SOH en población de pacientes con obesidad mórbida y conocer la comorbilidad asociada al SOH, la clínica respiratoria y las alteraciones de la pulsioximetría.

Pacientes y método

Estudio descriptivo. Se seleccionaron 136 pacientes adultos con obesidad mórbida (IMC >40). Se recogieron datos antropométricos, hábitos tóxicos, enfermedades concomitantes, registro de síntomas, datos analíticos, grado de disnea, escala de somnolencia, electrocardiograma y radiografía de tórax. También se realizó espirometría, pulsioximetría nocturna domiciliaria y gasometría arterial.

Resultados

Se estudiaron 136 pacientes, con una media de edad de 60 años (DE: 12,9 años); el 73% (98) fueron mujeres. El 6,6% presentaban hipercapnia diurna indicativa de SOH. Presentaban hipertensión arterial (HTA) el 72%, dislipidemia el 44% y enfermedad cardiovascular (ECV) el 18%, sin diferencias según presentaran o no SOH. Tenían ronquidos el 83% y apneas el 46%. El 30% presentaban disnea grado II y el 10% grado III.

El índice de desaturaciones/hora (IDH) superior al 3% en ≥30 ocasiones estaba presente en el 28,6% de los pacientes y el porcentaje de tiempo con saturaciones de O2<90% más del 30% del tiempo lo presentaban el 23,5%, resultados peores en pacientes con SOH.

Conclusiones

La prevalencia de SOH es más baja de la esperada. Destacan la elevada comorbilidad cardiovascular y frecuentes síntomas respiratorios, presenten o no SOH, así como alteraciones importantes en la pulsioximetría.

Palabras clave:
Obesidad
Hipoventilación
Hipercapnia

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