The aim of this study was to find out if bronchodilatation following deep inspiration can be induced by the inhalation of a "natural" stimulus (hyperventilation of cold dry air), and if the effect is similar to that induced by methacholine. After baseline assessment of lung resistance (RL), 10 asthmatic subjects were asked to inhale cold dry air for 3 min. RL was monitored continuously for 3-4 ...

Hypercapnia with hyperventilation during emergence from anesthesia has been shown to reduce emergence time, yet little is known about how the subsequent recovery in the post anesthesia care unit (PACU) is affected. A mathematical model has been developed to investigate how inhaled anesthetic agents wash out of patients during recovery in order to demonstrate any difference that hypercapnia and ...

Chronic stress is among the most common diagnoses in Sweden, most commonly in the form of exhaustion syndrome (ICD-10 classification - F43.8). The majority of patients with this syndrome also have disturbed breathing (hyperventilation). The aim of this study was to investigate the association between hyperventilation and exhaustion syndrome. Thirty patients with exhaustion syndrome and 14 healt...

We demonstrated that large amounts of blood shift from the forearm veins during hyperventilation (2). If this effect were generalized in the periphery of the body the volume of blood in the central venous reservoir might increase. An increase in pressure in the central veins would be evidence to support this suggestion. The fall in peripheral venous pressure which occurs during hyperventilation...