Hyperventilation

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Etiology

  • Anxiety
  • Hypoxemia
  • Acidemia
  • Pregnancy
  • Obstructive lung disease
  • Interstitial lung disease
  • Sepsis
  • Hepatic failure
  • Fever
  • Pain
  • Central neurogenic hyperventilation (in comatose)

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Etiology

  • Anxiety
  • Hypoxemia
  • Acidemia
  • Pregnancy
  • Obstructive lung disease
  • Interstitial lung disease
  • Sepsis
  • Hepatic failure
  • Fever
  • Pain
  • Central neurogenic hyperventilation (in comatose)

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