Respiratory Rate Flashcards
What are the characteristics in respiratory rate?
Rate
Rhythm
Depth
What is rate in respiration?
It is number of times the person breathes in and out for 1 minute
What is depth in respiration?
It is observing the movement of chest during inspiration.
What is rhythm in respiration?
Interval between two respirations
What are the things to check while monitoring respiratory rate?
Accessory muscles
Breathing patterns
Abnormal breath sound
Abnormal respiration
What are the accessory muscles?
Abdominal muscles
Rectus abdominis
External and internal obliques
What are the breathing patterns?
Depth
Ratio of inspiration to expiration
Types of abnormal breath sounds?
Rhonchi
Crackles
Wheezing
Stridor
What is rhonchi?
It’s a low-pitched breathsound
What is crackles?
It is a high-pitches breathsound
What is wheezing?
Is a high pitched whistling sounds
caused by narrowing of the bronchial tubes
What is stridor?
Is a harsh, vibratory sound caused by narrowing of the upper airway.
What are the abnormal respiration?
Kassmauls respiration
Cheyne-strokes respiration
Sighing respiration
Biot respiration
Kussmauls respiration
A deep, rapid breathing pattern
Cheynes-strokes respiration
Breathing stops and starts
Sighing respiration
A long deep breath.
Begins with a normal breath and the
Take a second breath before you exhale
Biot respiration
Groups of regular deep inspirations
Followed by regular or irregular cessation of breathing
A low-pitched breathsound
Rhonchi
A high-pitched breathsound
Crackles
A high-pitched whistling sound caused by narrowing of the brochial tubes.
Wheezing
A harsh, vibratory sound caused by narrowing of the upper airway.
Stridor
A deep, rapid breathing pattern
Kussmaul respiration
Breathing that stops and starts
Cheyne-strokes respiration
A long, deep breath
Sighing respiration
Groups of regular deep inspiration followed by regular or irregular periods of cessation of breathing
Biot respiration
