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A pulmonary ventilation rate faster than is metabolically necessary for the exchange of gases. It is the result of an increased frequency of breathing, an increased tidal volume, or a combination of both. It causes an excess intake of oxygen and the blowing off of carbon dioxide.
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- Hyperventilations
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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respiratory, not environmental; hyperventilation syndrome: coord IM with /psychol + emotional aspect (IM or NIM)
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- National Library of Medicine. Hyperventilation. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006985. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006985
- Hyperventilation. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperventilation
- Hyperventilation. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q575168