Hyperventilation Syndrome

The ENT clinic gets lots of referrals for patients with dizziness. Often hyperventilation syndrome is forgotten as a diagnosis. As always a good history is important.
Think of this diagnosis if patients symptoms and history are multiple and vague. The patient may have dizziness, vertigo, light-headedness. Below is a presentation by our registrar at a recent teaching session.


 

Hyperventilation syndrome from Jerry Gathercole