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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Cardiac and circulatory subjects (4th series)

Sargant, William Walters (1907-1988)

The hyperventilation syndrome : research and clinical treatment / Robert Fried.

Hyperventilation syndrome : a handbook for bad breathers / Dinah Bradley ; illustrations by Sally Hollis-McLeod.

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Cardiac and circulatory subjects (4th series)

Sargant, William Walters (1907-1988)

The hyperventilation syndrome : research and clinical treatment / Robert Fried.

Hyperventilation syndrome : a handbook for bad breathers / Dinah Bradley ; illustrations by Sally Hollis-McLeod.