Question

What are Cheyne-Stokes respirations?

Accepted Answer

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.

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.

Pattern Increasing Rate Depth Cheyne Stokes Respirations Irregular Respiratory