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Pattern Increasing Rate Depth Cheyne Stokes Respirations Irregular Respiratory

Front What are Cheyne-Stokes respirations?
Back This is an irregular respiratory pattern in which the patient breathes with an increasing rate and depth of respirations that is followed by a period of apnea, or lack of spontaneous breathing, followed again by a pattern of increasing rate and depth of respiration.

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