Citations:hyperpnœa

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 * 1893, John Haldance and J. Lorrain Smith, in Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology, Young J. Pentland; Volume I, page #175:
 * In order to obtain further and more definite evidence as to the influence of increased carbonic acid and diminished oxygen in producing hyperpnœa we made a series of observations on the effect on respiration of breathing different proportions of oxygen and carbonic acid contained in a gas bag.
 * 1908, Thomas McCrae, Modern Medicine, Lea Brothers and Company; Chapter VI, page #198:
 * From these experiments it is natural to conclude that the reason why hyperpnœa and dyspnœa are such common features in heart failure is because of a deficient elimination of carbon dioxide by the lungs, due primarily to a deficiency in the pumping action of the right or the left side of the heart and a slowing of the circulation in the lungs.
 * 1913, Leonard Hill, Martin Flack, James McIntosh, R. A Rowlands and H. B. Walker, The Influence of the Atmosphere on our Health and Comfort in Confined and Crowded Places, in Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections; Volume LX, №. 23, page #36:
 * There were very much less hyperpnœa and no headache on this occasion. Slight hyperpnœa occurred when the deficiency of oxygen in the chamber air became greater than 5.5 per cent.