Hyperventilation: Benign symptom or harbinger of catastrophe?: Postgraduate Medicine: Vol 88, No 1

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Hyperventilation should never be summarily dismissed as the symptom of an anxiety state. Its potential causes are numerous, and many are life-threatening. In this article, Dr Hanashiro emphasizes the importance of arterial blood gas analysis in identifying the underlying cause of hyperventilation and explains why the practice of rebreathing into a paper bag may be ill-advised.

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