Common Breathing Patterns

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What is apnea?

Absence of spontaneous breathing

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What is Biot’s breathing?

  • Irregular breathing

  • Variable depth and rate

  • Periods of apnea

  • Associated with:

    • ↑ intracranial pressure

    • Medullary damage


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What is bradypnea?

  • low respiratory rate

  • Adult: <12 breaths/min


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What is Cheyne-Stokes breathing?

  • Periodic breathing

  • Increasing then decreasing rate/depth

  • Followed by apnea

  • May occur with CNS damage


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What is eupnea?

  • Normal rate

  • Normal depth


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What is hyperpnea vs hypopnea?

  • Hyperpnea: ↑ rate and depth

  • Hypopnea: ↓ rate and depth


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What is Kussmaul breathing?

  • Deep

  • Fast

  • Commonly associated with metabolic acidosis


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What is paradoxical breathing?

  • Chest wall moves inward during inhalation

  • Chest wall moves outward during exhalation

  • Associated with:

    • Chest trauma

    • Diaphragm paralysis


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What is tachypnea?

  • Rapid respiratory rate

  • Adult: >20 breaths/min