PICKWICKIAN SYNDROME
Introduction and Definition of Pickwickian Syndrome The condition historically known as Pickwickian Syndrome refers to a complex medical state characterized primarily by severe, often **grotesque obesity** coupled with daytime alveolar hypoventilation. In modern clinical practice, this disorder is formally designated as the **Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome (OHS)**. The defining physiological characteristic of OHS is chronic hypercapnia—an […]