Verburg K, Griez E, Meijer J, Pols H
Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, State University of Limburg, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Am J Psychiatry. 1995 Jul;152(7):1081-3. doi: 10.1176/ajp.152.7.1081.
The authors' goal was to determine whether 35% carbon dioxide (CO2) challenge would discriminate between patients with panic disorder and patients with other anxiety disorders.
Nine patients with panic disorder and nine with generalized anxiety disorder underwent the 35% CO2 challenge.
Patients with panic disorder experienced a significantly stronger increase in subjective anxiety than patients with generalized anxiety disorder. However, increases in panic symptom scores were high in both groups.
These results suggest that a large increase in subjective anxiety due to the CO2 challenge is specific for patients with panic disorder but that an increase in panic symptoms is not.
作者的目标是确定35%二氧化碳(CO₂)激发试验能否区分惊恐障碍患者和其他焦虑症患者。
9名惊恐障碍患者和9名广泛性焦虑症患者接受了35% CO₂激发试验。
惊恐障碍患者主观焦虑的增加显著强于广泛性焦虑症患者。然而,两组的惊恐症状评分均有较高增加。
这些结果表明,CO₂激发试验导致的主观焦虑大幅增加是惊恐障碍患者所特有的,但惊恐症状的增加并非如此。