No chronic hyperventilation in panic disorder patients.
Arterial blood gases were measured and base excess calculated in 18 nonpanicking panic disorder (PD) patients, 12 subjects suffering from other anxiety disorders, and 18 normal control subjects. There was neither chronic nor clinically significant acute hyperventilation in either group.
Department of Clinical Psychiatry, State University of Limburg, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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D000136:Acid-Base Equilibrium / Q000502:physiology*; D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D001639:Bicarbonates / Q000097:blood; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000097:blood; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D006985:Hyperventilation / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D016584:Panic Disorder / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology
D001639:Bicarbonates; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D010100:Oxygen