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Demonstration and Treatment of Hyperventilation Causing Asthma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

George Hibbert
George Hibbert*
Affiliation:
University of Oxford, Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Headington, Oxford
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Abstract

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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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Brief Reports
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 153 , Issue 5 , November 1988 , pp. 687 - 689
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1988 

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