Chest
Volume 158, Issue 3, September 2020, Pages 1176-1186
Sleep: Original ResearchLong-term Noninvasive Ventilation in Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome Without Severe OSA: The Pickwick Randomized Controlled Trial
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Key Words
CPAP
noninvasive ventilation
obesity hypoventilation syndrome
sleep apnea
Abbreviations
6MWD
6-min walk distance
ESS
Epworth Sleepiness Scale
HCO3−
bicarbonate
IQR
interquartile range
NIV
noninvasive ventilation
OHS
obesity hypoventilation syndrome
PAP
positive airway pressure
SF-36
36-Item Short Form Health Survey
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FUNDING/SUPPORT: This study was supported by the Instituto de Salud Carlos III (Fondo de Investigaciones Sanitarias, Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo) [Grant PI050402], the Spanish Respiratory Foundation 2005 (FEPAR), and Air Liquide Spain.
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Collaborators from the Spanish Sleep Network are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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