Hyperventilation
//ˌhaɪpɚˌvɛntəˈleɪʃən//
"Hyperventilation" in a Sentence (2 examples)
Last year I had a hyperventilation situation and my CO2-oxygen balance is still wiggly today. It happens not once, not twice, but many times that I'm breathing consciously, and the risk is still there that this can happen again, because I'm an awfully stressful person.
As artificial hyperventilation is advocated in the treatment of raised intracranial pressure, it must be questioned where to set the limit beyond which hypocapnically induced cerebral tissue hypoxia may occur.
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