Bradypnea

(medicine) Abnormal slowness of respiration.

Abnormal slowness of breathing.

Respiration patterns. (Kinn/Woods, 1999)

Abnormal slowness of respiration.

Respirations that are regular in rhythm but slower than normal in rate. This is normal during sleep; otherwise it is associated with disturbance in the brain's respiratory control center, as when the center is affected by opiate narcotics, a tumor, a metabolic disorder or a respiratory decompensation mechanism.

Bradypnea

ICD-10	R06.8
ICD-9	786.09

Bradypnea (Greek from bradys, slow + pnoia, breath), British English spelling bradypnoea refers to an abnormally slow breathing rate. The rate at which bradypnea is diagnosed depends upon the age of the patient.

Age ranges and bradypnea

• Age 0-1 year < 30 breaths per minute
• Age 1-3 years < 25 breaths per minute
• Age 3-12 years < 20 breaths per minute
• Age 12 and older < 12 breaths per minute

See also

• Respiratory rate
• Hypoventilation
• Tachypnea, rapid breathing.
• Dyspnea, difficulty breathing.
• Apnea, no breathing.
• Eupnea, normal breathing.

References

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (2006). Stedman's Medical Dictionary, 28th Edition. Baltimore, Maryland: Julie K. Stegman. p. 250. ISBN 0-7817-3390-1. 

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