The role of hyperventilation in symptom formation in patients with autonomic paroxysms
Shpital'nikova, N.G.; Moldovanu, I.V.; Vinogradova, N.V.
Zhurnal Nevropatologii i Psikhiatrii Imeni S.S. Korsakova 91(5): 29-33
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0044-4588 PMID: 1654697 Document Number: 372885
Analysis of the psychophysiological characteristics was made in patients suffering from vegetative paroxysms of the psychogenic nature. The patients were distributed into 2 groups: group I included patients (n = 35) with a well-defined hyperventilation syndrome (HVS) in the structure of vegetative disorders, group II was made up of patients (n = 23) with the same vegetative disorders without the HVS. 20 healthy subjects served as control. The clinical and psychological assays and analysis of the vegetative characteristics including respiration revealed common mechanisms in both the groups. Besides, the patients with and without HVS manifested appreciable differences in the functioning of the cerebral systems that control the respiratory pattern.