Carotid Body Dysfunction


Epidemiology


Etiology


Physiology


Diagnosis

Complete Blood Count (CBC) (see Complete Blood Count, Complete Blood Count)

Arterial Blood Gas (ABG) (see Arterial Blood Gas, Arterial Blood Gas)

Pulmonary Function Tests (PFT’s) (see Pulmonary Function Tests, Pulmonary Function Tests)

Electromyogram (EMG)/Nerve Conduction Velocity (NCV (see Electromyogram-Nerve Conduction Velocity, Electromyogram-Nerve Conduction Velocity)


Clinical Manifestations

Hematologic Manifestations

Polycythemia (see Polycythemia, Polycythemia)

Pulmonary Manifestations

Acute Hypoventilation/Acute Respiratory Failure (see Acute Hypoventilation, Acute Hypoventilation)

Chronic Hypoventilation/Chronic Respiratory Failure (see Chronic Hypoventilation, Chronic Hypoventilation)

Pulmonary Hypertension (see Pulmonary Hypertension, Pulmonary Hypertension)

Sleep-Disordered Breathing


Treatment


References