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SOB,DIZZINESS,TINGLING

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04/29/06 - 08:29 PM

A 26-year-old woman presents to the Emergency Room with shortness of breath, dizziness, and tingling in her fingers for which no organic cause can be found. Which one of the following is the most appropriate diagnosis?

1) situational reaction
2) endogenous anxiety
3) caffeinism
4) hyperventilation syndrome
5) post-traumatic stress disorder

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04/29/06 - 09:26 PM

Endogenous anxiety?

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04/29/06 - 09:54 PM

4-hyperventilation syndrome

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04/29/06 - 09:59 PM

4.

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04/30/06 - 03:42 PM

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04/30/06 - 03:48 PM

SOB--->hyperventilation-->hypocalemia--->tingling of the fingers

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05/01/06 - 09:29 AM

why not 3?

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