Demonstration and Treatment of Hyperventilation Causing Asthma
- 1 November 1988
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 153 (5) , 687-689
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.153.5.687
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.Keywords
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