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OBJECTIVES: This research aims to measure the prevalence of panic attack among the internal patients who were referred to pulmonary function test and to ascertain the relationship of panic attack to the anxiety sensitivity and further to pulmonary function. METHODS: The research was conducted in a general hospital through the questionnaire survey. The patients completed the panic attack questionnaire(PAQ), Beck's anxiety inventory(BAI), and Trate anxiety inventory. RESULTS: Sixteen out of 55 case(29.1%) experienced panic attacks. The group who experienced the panic attack got significantly higher score in Beck's anxiety inventory and trate anxiety inventory than the group who didn't. But considering the result of pulmonary function test, there was no meaningful relationship between the pulmonary function and the panic attack. And it was the same in the Beck's anxiety inventory and trate anxiety inventory. CONCLUSION: The patients who were referred to pulmonary function test were more likely to suffer the panic attack. But few received the proper treatment. The panic attack had relation with the anxiety sensitivity, but no relation with the pulmonary function.