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Respiratory Tract Diseases > Respiration Disorders > Cheyne-Stokes Respiration
Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Signs and Symptoms > Signs and Symptoms, Respiratory > Cheyne-Stokes Respiration

Preferred term

Cheyne-Stokes Respiration  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Scope note

  • An abnormal pattern of breathing characterized by alternating periods of apnea and deep, rapid breathing. The cycle begins with slow, shallow breaths that gradually increase in depth and rate and is then followed by a period of apnea. The period of apnea can last 5 to 30 seconds, then the cycle repeats every 45 seconds to 3 minutes.

History note

  • 91(66); was see under RESPIRATION DISORDERS 1977-90; was see under RESPIRATION 1966-76

In other languages

  • Cheyne-Stokesin hengitys

    Finnish

  • Cheyne
  • Cheyne-Stokes
  • hengityskatkokset
  • jaksottainen hengitys
  • katkeava hengitys
  • katkonainen hengitys
  • periodihengitys
  • respiratio Cheyne-Stokes
  • respiratio periodica
  • Stokes
  • Cheyne-Stokes andning

    Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D002639

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