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Hyperventilation (cont.)

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Author: Ira H Tilles, MD, Consulting Staff, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mike O'Callaghan Federal Hospital.

Coauthor(s): Kimberly A Sing, MD, Consulting Staff, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mike O'Callaghan Federal Hospital.

Editor: William C. Shiel Jr., MD, FACP, FACR

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MedscapeReference. Hyperventilation Syndrome.

Previous Contributing Editors: Scott H Plantz, MD, FAAEM, Research Director, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; Jeter (Jay) Pritchard Taylor III, MD, Vice-Chief, Compliance Officer, Attending Physician Emergency Medicine Residency, Department of Emergency Medicine, Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital, University of South Carolina.


Last Editorial Review: 2/9/2012

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