You Observe a Patient's Breathing Pattern as Very Irregular, with Periods

question 47

Multiple Choice

You observe a patient's breathing pattern as very irregular, with periods of breathing interspersed with long periods of apnea. Which of the following terms would you use in charting this observation?

• A) Apneustic breathing
• B) Biot's respiration
• C) Cheyne-Stokes breathing
• D) Kussmaul's breathing

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