Cheyne-Stokes respiration overview
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Overview
Cheyne-Stokes respiration (also known as periodic breathing) is an abnormal pattern of breathing characterized by periods of breathing with gradually increasing and decreasing tidal volume interspersed with the brain to compensate quickly for changing serum partial pressure of oxygen and carbon dioxide.
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