LUNGS BREATHING

Question 1

Normal rate 12-20 cpm, normal rhythm
sighs 7/hr
causes; normal physiology

Answer 1

eupnea

Question 2

Rate: >25cpm, regular rhythm
causes: diabetic coma, metabolic acidosis, brain tumor

Answer 2

tachypnea

Question 3

absence of breathing
Causes: cardiac arrest; increased ICP

Answer 3

apnea

Question 4

increased depth, normal rate, regular rhythm
causes: exertion, fever, pain, respiratory disease

Answer 4

hyperapnea

Question 5

decreased depth, normal rate regular rhythm
causes: circulatory failure, meningitis, uncal herniation

Answer 5

hypoapnea

Question 6

increasing breaths (rate and depth) then decreasing breaths followed by periods of Apnea (20-60 sec)
causes:
normal in new born and aged, CHF, Aortic valve lesion, dissecting aneurysm

Answer 6

cheyne strokes

Question 7

Ataxic breathing
fast and deep breath with periods of apnea and no set rhythm
causes: spinal meningitis, increased ICP, CNS lesions or disease

Answer 7

Biot’s breathing

Question 8

fast and deep breath (>20/min) like sighs with no expiratory pause
causes: diabetic ketoacidosis, severe hemorrhage, peritonitis, renal failure, uremia

Answer 8

Kussmaul’s respiration

Question 9

long gasping inspirations with insufficient expirations
causes: lesions in the pneumotaxic center

Answer 9

apneustic breathing