Demonstration and Treatment of Hyperventilation Causing Asthma

Overview

Journal Br J Psychiatry

Publisher Cambridge University Press

Specialty Psychiatry

Date 1988 Nov 1

PMID 3151279

Citations 3

Authors

G HIBBERT

D Pilsbury

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Abstract

Ambulant, transcutaneous PCO2 monitoring has been used to show that hyperventilation precedes exacerbation of asthma in a patient. Brief treatment was shown to give him greater control of his breathing and enable him to avoid attacks of asthma.

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