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?