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Symptoms of chronic hyperventilation can include dyspnea, paresthesias, headache, tetany, visual disturbances, and atypical chest pain. Laboratory findings of chronic hyperventilation include a reduced PaCO2, but low serum bicarbonate level and near normal pH on arterial blood gas analysis.

Treatment: Hyperventilation

Treatment of chronic hyperventilation is problematic. Identification of initiating factors and excluding alternative diagnoses can be helpful.

For a more detailed discussion, see McConville JF, Mokhlesi B, Solway J: Disorders of Ventilation, Chap. 318, p. 1720, in HPIM-19.

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Section 9. Pulmonology