Hyperventilation
False
Hyperventilation is one of the most uncommon experiences in the dental office.
False
Hyperventilation usually can be relieved by having the patient breath into a plastic bag.
True
Hyperventilation usually occurs as a result of a lack of carbon dioxide.
False
The hyperventilating dental patient should be placed in the supine position.
none of the above
The most common cause of hyperventilation is
carbon dioxide.
The patient who hyperventilates is suffering from lack of
True
The rate and depth of respirations increase dramatically in the hyperventilating patient
diazepam
What is usually the drug of choice if medication is used to treat the hyperventilating patient?
children
Which of the following groups is least likely to experience hyperventilation?
nervousness, feeling of suffocation, rapid breathing
Which of the following is a sign or symptoms of hyperventilation?