Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome

Dr. Tulaimat has 18 years of experience specializing in Sleep Medicine and Internal Medicine. He is affiliated with John H Stroger Jr Hospital of Cook County where he is the Director of Sleep Medicine and serves on the Executive Medical Staff and Stroke Committee. He has over 20 articles, 3 book chapters, 3 letters and 34 abstracts published in the field of respiratory medicine/pulmonary.

• I. Historical and social introduction1. Obesity: A social and public policy perspective2. History of obesity hypoventilationII. The burden of obesity on respiratory health3. Effect of obesity on the respiratory system4. The burden of obesity hypoventilation syndromeIII. Pathophysiology of obesity hypoventilation syndrome5. Neural control of breathing in sleep6. Pathogenesis of sleep apnea7. The pathophysiology of obesity hypoventilation syndrome8. Evolution of obesity hypoventilation syndrome9. Cardiovascular, neurological, and inflammatory complications of obesity hypoventilation syndromeIV. Clinical assessment of a patient with obesity hypoventilation10. Assessment of patients with obesity hypoventilation syndrome11. Detection of hypoventilation12. Diagnosis of sleep-disordered breathingV. Management of obesity hypoventilation13. Positive airway pressure I: Equipment14. Positive airway pressure II: Settings and outcomes15. The effects of weight loss, tracheostomy, and medication on obesity hypoventilation syndrome16. Weight loss: Lifestyle interventions and pharmacotherapy17. Surgical weight loss18. Tracheostomy in morbidly obese patients19. Obesity hypoventilation in the intensive care unit20. Perioperative considerations and management in patients with obesity hypoventilation syndrome