Classic sleep apnea in the patient. Cessation of breathing causes nocturnal hypoxia and systemic hypertension/arrhythmic/sudden death can persist. PaO2 is normal during day and decreased during episodes and at night. Classically seen in Obese patients such as the patient in the question stem.
tinydocCaused a cessation of breathing rather than a ↓ in lung volume although a patient could develop an obesity related restrictive lung disease thats not whats happening with this question.+2019-08-02T13:27:20Z
How does OSA lead to peripheral edema and loud S2?
futuredocHypoxia leads to pulmonary vasoconstriction and therefore pulmonary HTN. This can lead to the peripheral edema. Furthermore pulmonary HTN can present with a loud S2. +22019-09-13T22:19:16Z
to snoo-finity ... and beyond!
submitted by brethren_md(49), 2019-06-04T20:09:22Z
Classic sleep apnea in the patient. Cessation of breathing causes nocturnal hypoxia and systemic hypertension/arrhythmic/sudden death can persist. PaO2 is normal during day and decreased during episodes and at night. Classically seen in Obese patients such as the patient in the question stem.