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Hipoventilación alveolar primaria - Overview

Nombres alternativos

Síndrome de Ondina (hipoventilación alveolar central idiopática congénita)

Definición:

Es un raro trastorno de causa desconocida en el cual una persona no toma suficientes respiraciones por minuto, pero los pulmones y las vías respiratorias son normales.

Causas, incidencia y factores de riesgo:

Normalmente, cuando los niveles de oxígeno en la sangre están bajos o los del dióxido de carbono están altos, hay una señal del cerebro para respirar de manera más profunda o más rápida. En personas con hipoventilación alveolar primaria, este cambio en la respiración no sucede.

La causa de la hipoventilación alveolar primaria se desconoce. Algunos pacientes tienen un defecto genético específico.

La enfermedad afecta principalmente a hombres de 20 a 50 años de edad, aunque también se puede presentar en muchachos jóvenes.

Sistema respiratorio

Reviewed last on: 9/17/2010
David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; Denis Hadjiliadis, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Duffin J, Phillipson EA. Hypoventilation and Hyperventilation Syndromes In: Mason RJ, Broaddus CV, Martin TR, et al. Murray & Nadel's Textbook of Respiratory Medicine. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2010:chap 78.

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