SUBCLINICAL IMPAIRMENT OF LUNG AIRWAYS IN PATIENTS WITH PANIC DISORDER

Authors
PERNA G MARCONI C BATTAGLIA M BERTANI A PANZACCHI A BELLODI L
Citation
G. Perna et al., SUBCLINICAL IMPAIRMENT OF LUNG AIRWAYS IN PATIENTS WITH PANIC DISORDER, Biological psychiatry, 36(9), 1994, pp. 601-605
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry
Journal title
Biological psychiatry → ACNP
ISSN journal
00063223
Volume
36
Issue
9
Year of publication
1994
Pages
601 - 605
Database
ISI
SICI code
0006-3223(1994)36:9<601:SIOLAI>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
Lung function was assessed in 17 panic patients and 20 healthy control s. Panic patients had abnormal values for some dynamic lung volumes, n amely Peak Expiratory Flow Rate (PEFR), Expiratory Flow at 75% of vita l Capacity (FEF75) and Maximum Mid-Expiratory Flow Rate (MMEF). Such f unctional abnormalities might indicate subclinical obstruction of lung airways, possibly relevant to the mechanisms related to panic disorde r (PD).