THE HYPERVENTILATION SYNDROME
Authors: B I LEWIS
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1953)

Article1 May 1953THE HYPERVENTILATION SYNDROMEBERNARD I. LEWIS, M.D., F.R.C.P.(C)., F.A.C.P.BERNARD I. LEWIS, M.D., F.R.C.P.(C)., F.A.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-38-5-918 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe hyperventilation syndrome is generally considered an acute, transitory episode characterized by gross hyperpnea and culminating in frank tetany. Because of its presumed low incidence and clinical insignificance, it has received scanty attention in the current literature and is virtually ignored by the standard medical texts. Recent observations at the University Hospitals of the State University of Iowa College of Medicine suggest that, contrary to prevalent opinion, hyperventilation syndromes occur frequently; pursue a chronic, fluctuating course more often than one featuring brief, explosive attacks with asymptomatic intervals; present variegated, atypical clinical pictures, commonly attended by significant incapacitation; and may arise...Bibliography1. RyderShaverFerris HWMEB: Salicylism accompanied by respiratory alkalosis and toxic encephalopathy, New England J. Med. 232: 617, 1945. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. EngelFerrisLogan GLEBM: Hyperventilation: analysis of clinical symptomatology, Ann. Int. Med. 27: 683, 1947. LinkGoogle Scholar3. SteadWarren EAJV: Clinical significance of hyperventilation, Am. J. M. Sc. 206: 183, 1943. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. FerrisStevensWebbEngel EBCDJPGL: Voluntary breathholding. III. 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