Respiratory patterns

Question 1

Deep rapid breaths that slow down to a period of apnea, and then repeat again

Answer 1

Cheyne-stokes respirations

Question 2

Deep, labored, continuous breaths

Answer 2

Kussmaul respirations

Question 3

Cause of Biot respirations

Answer 3

May indicate severe brain injury or brain stem herniation

Question 4

Absence of breathing

Answer 4

Apnea

Question 5

What is bradypnea?

Answer 5

slow and shallow breathing

Question 6

Normal breathing, in adults symmetrical rise and fall

Answer 6

Eupnea

Question 7

Abnormal breathing pattern. Deep breaths (gasps) followed by periods of apnea

Answer 7

Biot breathing

Question 8

What conditions can cause Cheyne-Stokes respirations?

Answer 8

Stroke, heart failure, brain tumor, traumatic brain injuries

Question 9

Gasping breaths usually due to cardiac arrest

Answer 9

Agonal breathing

Question 10

Respiratory distress noted by the chest wall moving in the opposite direction when taking breath (moves inward)

Answer 10

Paradoxical Breathing

Question 11

You respond to the scene of a 55-year-old male who is unconscious. He is breathing deep and rapid and has a blood sugar of 512. What respiratory pattern is this patient exhibiting and what is causing it?

Answer 11

The patients deep, rapid respirations are indicative of Kussmaul respirations, which is caused by diabetic ketoacidosis, or DKA

Question 12

Movement of the diaphragm causes the chest and abdomen to move in opposite directions. Seen in infants and in children in respiratory distress

Answer 12

Seesaw breathing