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What is a abnormal breathing pattern characterized by periods of apnea lasting 10-60 seconds followed aby a cycle of hyperpnea?
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cheyne- stokes
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What is the pattern of alternating periods of hypopnea or apnea followed by hyperpnea is know as?
Cheyne-Stokes respiration is an abnormal pattern of breathing characterized by breathing becoming shallower until it stops for a while and then breathing starts again and rapidly crescendos to a peak before decaying away again. The pattern repeats, with one cycle typically lasting about 1 minute. It is an oscillation of ventilation between apnea and hyperapnea with a crescendo-decrescendo pattern, and is associated with changing serum partial pressures of oxygen and carbon dioxide.Cheyne-Stokes Respiration
A pattern of alternating periods of hypopnea or apnea followed by hyperpnea is known as?
cheyne-stokes respiration
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