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Claustrophobia

MedGen UID:
3103
•Concept ID:
C0008909
•
Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
Synonyms: Fear of confined spaces; Fear of enclosed spaces
SNOMED CT: Claustrophobia (19887002); Fear of enclosed spaces (247850006); Fear of confined spaces (247850006)
 
HPO: HP:0025253

Definition

An abnormal fear of being in a closed or narrow space with no escape is called claustrophobia. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVClaustrophobia

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Utility and safety of hyperbaric oxygen therapy as a rescue treatment in complicated cases of hypospadias: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Anand S, Krishnan N, Bajpai M
J Pediatr Urol 2022 Feb;18(1):39-46. Epub 2021 Oct 20 doi: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2021.10.004. PMID: 34696963
Advances in Treatment of Sleep-Disordered Breathing.
Lou BX, Greenberg H, Korotun M
Am J Ther 2021 Feb 16;28(2):e196-e203. doi: 10.1097/MJT.0000000000001345. PMID: 33687028
Treatment of obstructive sleep apnea in primary care.
Victor LD
Am Fam Physician 2004 Feb 1;69(3):561-8. PMID: 14971838

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Anesthetic Concerns during Gamma-Knife Radiosurgery.
Tripathi M, Chauhan R, Luthra A, Sadashiva N, Deora H, Batish A, Kaur R, Madan R, Mohindra S
Neurol India 2023 Mar-Apr;71(Supplement):S74-S81. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.373626. PMID: 37026337
Virtual reality and hypnosis for anxiety and pain management in intensive care units: A prospective randomised trial among cardiac surgery patients.
Rousseaux F, Dardenne N, Massion PB, Ledoux D, Bicego A, Donneau AF, Faymonville ME, Nyssen AS, Vanhaudenhuyse A
Eur J Anaesthesiol 2022 Jan 1;39(1):58-66. doi: 10.1097/EJA.0000000000001633. PMID: 34783683Free PMC Article
Reasons for inadequate or incomplete imaging techniques.
Caraiani C, Dong Y, Rudd AG, Dietrich CF
Med Ultrason 2018 Dec 8;20(4):498-507. doi: 10.11152/mu-1736. PMID: 30534659
Sedation during non-invasive ventilation.
Hilbert G, Clouzeau B, Nam Bui H, Vargas F
Minerva Anestesiol 2012 Jul;78(7):842-6. Epub 2012 May 11 PMID: 22580593
Obstructive sleep apnea.
Qureshi A, Ballard RD
J Allergy Clin Immunol 2003 Oct;112(4):643-51; quiz 652. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2003.08.031. PMID: 14564340

Diagnosis

Ultrasound of Nails: Why, How, When.
Vargas EAT, Finato VML, Azulay-Abulafia L, Leverone A, Nakamura R, Wortsman X
Semin Ultrasound CT MR 2024 Jun;45(3):233-250. Epub 2023 Dec 27 doi: 10.1053/j.sult.2023.11.004. PMID: 38056789
Virtual reality and hypnosis for anxiety and pain management in intensive care units: A prospective randomised trial among cardiac surgery patients.
Rousseaux F, Dardenne N, Massion PB, Ledoux D, Bicego A, Donneau AF, Faymonville ME, Nyssen AS, Vanhaudenhuyse A
Eur J Anaesthesiol 2022 Jan 1;39(1):58-66. doi: 10.1097/EJA.0000000000001633. PMID: 34783683Free PMC Article
Prevalence and Financial Impact of Claustrophobia, Anxiety, Patient Motion, and Other Patient Events in Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
Nguyen XV, Tahir S, Bresnahan BW, Andre JB, Lang EV, Mossa-Basha M, Mayr NA, Bourekas EC
Top Magn Reson Imaging 2020 Jun;29(3):125-130. doi: 10.1097/RMR.0000000000000243. PMID: 32568974
Emergency Imaging in Pregnancy and Lactation [Formula: see text].
Mathur S, Pillenahalli Maheshwarappa R, Fouladirad S, Metwally O, Mukherjee P, Lin AW, Bharatha A, Nicolaou S, Ditkofsky NG
Can Assoc Radiol J 2020 Aug;71(3):396-402. Epub 2020 Mar 11 doi: 10.1177/0846537120906482. PMID: 32157904
Obstructive sleep apnea.
Qureshi A, Ballard RD
J Allergy Clin Immunol 2003 Oct;112(4):643-51; quiz 652. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2003.08.031. PMID: 14564340

Therapy

Anesthetic Concerns during Gamma-Knife Radiosurgery.
Tripathi M, Chauhan R, Luthra A, Sadashiva N, Deora H, Batish A, Kaur R, Madan R, Mohindra S
Neurol India 2023 Mar-Apr;71(Supplement):S74-S81. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.373626. PMID: 37026337
Virtual reality and hypnosis for anxiety and pain management in intensive care units: A prospective randomised trial among cardiac surgery patients.
Rousseaux F, Dardenne N, Massion PB, Ledoux D, Bicego A, Donneau AF, Faymonville ME, Nyssen AS, Vanhaudenhuyse A
Eur J Anaesthesiol 2022 Jan 1;39(1):58-66. doi: 10.1097/EJA.0000000000001633. PMID: 34783683Free PMC Article
Emergency Imaging in Pregnancy and Lactation [Formula: see text].
Mathur S, Pillenahalli Maheshwarappa R, Fouladirad S, Metwally O, Mukherjee P, Lin AW, Bharatha A, Nicolaou S, Ditkofsky NG
Can Assoc Radiol J 2020 Aug;71(3):396-402. Epub 2020 Mar 11 doi: 10.1177/0846537120906482. PMID: 32157904
Reasons for inadequate or incomplete imaging techniques.
Caraiani C, Dong Y, Rudd AG, Dietrich CF
Med Ultrason 2018 Dec 8;20(4):498-507. doi: 10.11152/mu-1736. PMID: 30534659
Sedation during non-invasive ventilation.
Hilbert G, Clouzeau B, Nam Bui H, Vargas F
Minerva Anestesiol 2012 Jul;78(7):842-6. Epub 2012 May 11 PMID: 22580593

Prognosis

Anesthetic Concerns during Gamma-Knife Radiosurgery.
Tripathi M, Chauhan R, Luthra A, Sadashiva N, Deora H, Batish A, Kaur R, Madan R, Mohindra S
Neurol India 2023 Mar-Apr;71(Supplement):S74-S81. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.373626. PMID: 37026337
Multimodality imaging in congenital heart disease-related pulmonary arterial hypertension.
D'Alto M, Dimopoulos K, Budts W, Diller GP, Di Salvo G, Dellegrottaglie S, Festa P, Scognamiglio G, Rea G, Ait Ali L, Li W, Gatzoulis MA
Heart 2016 Jun 15;102(12):910-8. Epub 2016 Mar 24 doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2015-308903. PMID: 27013702
Neurolinguistic programming: a systematic review of the effects on health outcomes.
Sturt J, Ali S, Robertson W, Metcalfe D, Grove A, Bourne C, Bridle C
Br J Gen Pract 2012 Nov;62(604):e757-64. doi: 10.3399/bjgp12X658287. PMID: 23211179Free PMC Article
Image-guided radiotherapy: a new dimension in radiation oncology.
Sterzing F, Engenhart-Cabillic R, Flentje M, Debus J
Dtsch Arztebl Int 2011 Apr;108(16):274-80. Epub 2011 Apr 22 doi: 10.3238/arztebl.2011.0274. PMID: 21603562Free PMC Article
The Claustrophobia Questionnaire.
Radomsky AS, Rachman S, Thordarson DS, McIsaac HK, Teachman BA
J Anxiety Disord 2001 Jul-Aug;15(4):287-97. doi: 10.1016/s0887-6185(01)00064-0. PMID: 11474815

Clinical prediction guides

Virtual reality reduces pain in palliative care-A feasibility trial.
Guenther M, Görlich D, Bernhardt F, Pogatzki-Zahn E, Dasch B, Krueger J, Lenz P
BMC Palliat Care 2022 Oct 5;21(1):169. doi: 10.1186/s12904-022-01058-4. PMID: 36195865Free PMC Article
Factors associated with Noninvasive ventilation compliance in patients with ALS/MND.
Jackson CE, Heiman-Patterson TD, Sherman M, Daohai YU, Kasarskis EJ; NUTRITION/NIV STUDY GROUP
Amyotroph Lateral Scler Frontotemporal Degener 2021;22(sup1):40-47. doi: 10.1080/21678421.2021.1917617. PMID: 34348541
Nebulized opioids for the palliation of dyspnea in terminally ill patients.
Afolabi TM, Nahata MC, Pai V
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2017 Jul 15;74(14):1053-1061. doi: 10.2146/ajhp150893. PMID: 28687551
Multimodality imaging in congenital heart disease-related pulmonary arterial hypertension.
D'Alto M, Dimopoulos K, Budts W, Diller GP, Di Salvo G, Dellegrottaglie S, Festa P, Scognamiglio G, Rea G, Ait Ali L, Li W, Gatzoulis MA
Heart 2016 Jun 15;102(12):910-8. Epub 2016 Mar 24 doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2015-308903. PMID: 27013702
The Claustrophobia Questionnaire.
Radomsky AS, Rachman S, Thordarson DS, McIsaac HK, Teachman BA
J Anxiety Disord 2001 Jul-Aug;15(4):287-97. doi: 10.1016/s0887-6185(01)00064-0. PMID: 11474815

Recent systematic reviews

Utility and safety of hyperbaric oxygen therapy as a rescue treatment in complicated cases of hypospadias: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Anand S, Krishnan N, Bajpai M
J Pediatr Urol 2022 Feb;18(1):39-46. Epub 2021 Oct 20 doi: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2021.10.004. PMID: 34696963
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for acute coronary syndrome.
Bennett MH, Lehm JP, Jepson N
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2015 Jul 23;2015(7):CD004818. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004818.pub4. PMID: 26202854Free PMC Article
Neurolinguistic programming: a systematic review of the effects on health outcomes.
Sturt J, Ali S, Robertson W, Metcalfe D, Grove A, Bourne C, Bridle C
Br J Gen Pract 2012 Nov;62(604):e757-64. doi: 10.3399/bjgp12X658287. PMID: 23211179Free PMC Article
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for acute coronary syndrome.
Bennett MH, Lehm JP, Jepson N
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2011 Aug 10;(8):CD004818. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004818.pub3. PMID: 21833950
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for acute coronary syndrome.
Bennett M, Jepson N, Lehm J
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2005 Apr 18;(2):CD004818. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004818.pub2. PMID: 15846734

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