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Congenital Hypoventilation Syndromes
Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 05/27/09

Lesser DJ et al. - In congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS) hypoventilation is a key presenting feature. Ventilatory abnormalities may not be immediately evident in other disease states. The clinical aspects of several pediatric hypoventilation syndromes, including CCHS, Chiari type II malformation, Prader-Willi syndrome, familial dysautonomia, and rapid onset obesity with hypothalamic dysfunction, hypoventilation, and autonomic dysregulation are presented.