Case report: fast reversal of malignant obesity hypoventilation syndrome after noninvasive ventilation and pulmonary rehabilitation

Table 1 Results of respiratory and clinical tests before and after a pulmonary rehabilitation in the patient

Test	Items	Before PR treatment	Post PR treatment
	Height (m)	155	155
	Weight (kg)	110	83
	BMI (kg/m²)	50.4	34.55
Respiratory functional tests	FEV1/FVC	69	78.74
	FEV1 (% of predicted value)	43.71	104.17
	FVC (% of predicted value)	46.12	101.35
Polysomnography	AHI (events/hour)	61.4	20.7
	Hyponea	87	47
	OSA	481	44
	CSA	3	1
	MSA	0	0
	Total	571	92
	Lowest O₂ saturation (%)	60	90.2

Abbreviations: PR Pulmonary rehabilitation, BMI body mass index, FEV1/ FVC post bronchodilator forced expiratory volume in 1 s/ forced vital capacity, AHI apnea-hypopnea index, OSA obstructive sleep apnea, CSA central sleep apnea, MSA mixed sleep apnea

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