Chapter 18 - Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)»Symptoms and signs involving the circulatory and respiratory systems (R00-R09)»Periodic breathing (R06.3)
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Periodic breathing
Related indications (MeSH) (1)
Cheyne-Stokes Respiration3 drugs (2 approved, 1 experimental)
An abnormal pattern of breathing characterized by alternating periods of apnea and deep, rapid breathing. The cycle begins with slow, shallow breaths that gradually increase in depth and rate and is then followed by a period of apnea. The period of apnea can last 5 to 30 seconds, then the cycle repeats every 45 seconds to 3 minutes.