Risk factors for mortality caused by hypothalamic obesity in children with hypothalamic tumours

HALİLOĞLU B., Atay Z., GÜRAN T., ABALI S., Bas S., DEMİRCİOĞLU S., ...More

PEDIATRIC OBESITY, vol.11, no.5, pp.383-388, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 11 Issue: 5
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Doi Number: 10.1111/ijpo.12076
  • Journal Name: PEDIATRIC OBESITY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
  • Page Numbers: pp.383-388
  • Keywords: Brain tumour, craniopharyngioma, mortality, BODY-MASS INDEX, CHILDHOOD CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA, MORBIDITY, WEIGHT, ADOLESCENTS, SURGERY, THERAPY, HEIGHT
  • Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University Affiliated: No

Abstract

BackgroundHypothalamic obesity (HyOb) is a common complication of childhood hypothalamic tumours. Patients with HyOb probably have a higher mortality rate than those with other types of obesity due in many cases to obstructive sleep apnoea/hypoventilation.