Exam questionKROK 1Medicine · 2013
A 23-year-old patient has been admitted to a hospital with a craniocerebral injury. The patient is in a grave condition. Respiration is characterized by prolonged convulsive inspiration followed by a short expiration. What kind of respiration is it typical for?
Answer options
- Kussmaul’s
- Gasping breath
- Apneustic
- Cheyne-Stokes
- Biot’s
Correct answer
Apneustic
Explanation
This is an abnormal pattern of breathing characterized by deep, gasping inspiration with a pause at full inspiration followed by brief insufficient.
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