[A case of child obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) improved by bi-level positive airway pressure (BiPAP)].

: A 5-year-old boy was admitted to our hospital because of severe obesity and disordered breathing with snoring during sleep. Child OHS was diagnosed using polysomnography (PSG). Although he was treated initially with nasal CPAP, it was not acceptable to him. BiPAP produced marked reduction of the respiratory disorders during sleep, as confirmed by PSG. Few reports of BiPAP for child OHS have appeared in Japan. We concluded that child OHS could be successfully treated with BiPAP when nasal CPAP was not acceptable.