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Demonstration and treatment of hyperventilation causing asthma
1University of Oxford, Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital.
The British Journal of Psychiatry : the Journal of Mental Science
|November 1, 1988
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.