Population
Patients with extreme obesity and associated cardiopulmonary failure (Pickwickian syndrome)
Design
Review
Key result
Extreme obesity is associated with cardiopulmonary failure, often termed Pickwickian syndrome, which is likely more common than previously appreciated and requires physician awareness.
Authors
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May increase suspicion for obesity-related failure; leaves open contemporary prevalence and management data.
Highlights the clinical importance of recognizing cardiopulmonary failure secondary to extreme obesity, historically termed Pickwickian syndrome.
Morris J. Seide (1957) conducted a review in Heart failure due to extreme obesity (Pickwickian syndrome). Extreme obesity is associated with cardiopulmonary failure, often termed Pickwickian syndrome, which is likely more common than previously appreciated and requires physician awareness.