[Primary alveolar hypoventilation. Clinical aspects and diagnostic problems. Apropos of a case].
Primary alveolar hypoventilation is a rare syndrome of unknown origin, characterized by a dysfunction of the automatic respiratory pattern in spite of normal lungs and in the absence of mechanical ventilatory defects. A reduction of the ventilatory response to CO2 is regularly found, and cardiac failure is common. The differential diagnosis mainly concerns the sleep apnoea syndrome. The usual treatments have little effectiveness.
Pison
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Service de Pneumologie, CHU de Grenoble.
Levy
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Pin
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Blanc-Jouvan
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Wolf
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Aguilaniu
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B
Paramelle
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B
D001784:Blood Gas Analysis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006935:Hypercapnia / Q000209:etiology; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000209:etiology; D007040:Hypoventilation / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests
Hypoventilation alvéolaire primitive. Aspects cliniques et problèmes diagnostiques. A propos d'une observation.