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Examples of hyperventilation

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Breathlessness from hyperventilation may respond to simple reassurance.
Maternal hyperventilation helps preserve arterial oxygenation during high-altitude pregnancy.
In all patients, postoperative treatment included 24 hrs controlled hyperventilation and administration of vasodilative drugs and/or prostacyclin.
Infivecases with moderate or severe sequels, there was considerable hyperventilation at maximal work, with a ventilatory quotient of above 50.
Non-syncopal causes include metabolic disorders (hypoglycaemia, hypoxia, and hyperventilation with hypocapnia), epilepsy, and vertebrobasilar ischaemia associated with specific neurological deficits.
Resulting extreme anxiety may have led to hyperventilation and altered states of consciousness, including fainting.
This indicates an excessive washout of carbon dioxide and reflects the relative hyperventilation, which is also revealed in the increased respiratory rate.
The interviewing physician queried specifically for the presence of fainting, dizziness and hyperventilation during the attacks.
Moreover, they noted that in patients with a total cavopulmonary connection this relative hyperventilation is more marked.
Comparable to our data, a relative hyperventilation is observed compared to normal controls.
On day 3 after stopping paroxetine, he was quite calm but had a short episode of hyperventilation.
Twenty-nine cases (43 %) reported hyperventilation.
Moreover, it is to be noted that the relative hyperventilation is also present in patients with an atriopulmonary connection, which indicates that the explanation they provide is certainly a simplification.
The relative hyperventilation is a respiratory compensation for the metabolic acidosis, a decrease in bicarbonate resulting in an excess of carbon dioxide elimination due to an increased respiratory drive.
Another key topic for further exploration is the possibility that reported symptoms of autonomic arousal in elderly people may be associated with hyperventilation, which can adversely affect balance control.
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