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Breathing Patterns
Question | Answer |
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Eupnea | Normal rate and pattern; Normal finding |
Tachypnea | Increased rate Fever, anxiety, exercise, shock |
Bradypnea | Decreased rate Sleep, drugs, metabolic disorder, head injury, stroke |
Apnea | Absence of breathing Deceased patient, head injury, stroke |
Hyperpnea | Deep respiration Stress, diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) |
Cheyne-Stokes | Gradual increases and decreases in respiration with periods of apnea. Rapid, deep respirations (gasps) with short pauses between sets Increasing incracranial pressure, brainstem injury, spinal meningitis, many CNS causes, head injury |
Kussmaul's | Tachypnea and hyperpnea Renal failure, metabolic acidosis, DKA |