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rate for normal breathing? for infants?
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14-20 bpm in adults
up to 44 in infants |
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causes of rapid shallow breathing? aka?
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aka = "tachypnea"
pleuritic chest pain |
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causes of rapid deep breathing? aka?
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aka = "hyperpnea, hyperventilation"
exercise, anxiety, metabolic acidosis |
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what is kussmaul breathing and what causes it?
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rapid deep breathing caused by metabolic acidosis
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what causes slow breathing? aka?
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aka = "bradypnea"
diabetic coma, drug induced respiratory depression, increased intracranial pressure |
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what causes Cheyne-stokes breathing?
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periods of deep breathing alternated with apnea, normal in children and aging people
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what causes ataxic breathing? aka?
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aka = "Biot's breathing", unpredictable irregularity
brain damage, typically at medullary level |
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what causes sighing respiration?
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emotional stress
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what causes obstructive breathing? describe it?
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characterized by prolonged expiration
asthma, chronic bronchitis, COPD |
