A Terminally Ill Patient's Respiratory Pattern Has Changed and Is

question 45

Multiple Choice

A terminally ill patient's respiratory pattern has changed and is now cyclic in nature, with increasing and then decreasing depths that are spaced by brief periods of apnea. The nurse charts that the patient is having

• A) Cheyne-Stokes respirations.
• B) Biot respirations.
• C) Apnea.
• D) Eupnea.

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