title: [Obesity and respiratory tract disorders].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Although in the shade of metabolic and cardiovascular complications, respiratory tract disorders are very frequent and are predominant in extremely obese subjects with body mass index (BMI > 4O kg/m2), most often of gynoid type.
  These disorders can be classified into four groups: 1. Respiratory function disorders without alveolar hypovenitilation, 2. Pickwickian syndrome, 3. Sleep apnea syndrome and 4. Risks during surgical interventions.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study includes detailed discussion of mechanisms of origin, pathophysiologic characteristics and clinical signs of each of these disorders and at the end a review of their treatment.
authors.affiliation: Institut za interne bolesti, Klinika za endokrinologiju, dijabetes i bolesti metabolizma, Klinicki centar Novi Sad.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lepsanović
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ivković-Lazar
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D010845:Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D012119:Respiration; D012120:Respiration Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy
vernacular_title: Gojaznost i poremećaji respiratornog trakta.