Chapter 18 - Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)»Symptoms and signs involving the circulatory and respiratory systems (R00-R09)»Hyperventilation (R06.4)
R06.4
Hyperventilation
Related indications (MeSH) (1)
Hyperventilation2 drugs (2 approved)
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.