Cheyne-Stokes respiration

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Cheyne-Stokes respiration

Cheyne-Stokes respiration (chan stoks " res p* ra " sh*n) is an abnormal

breathing pattern that is first shallow and infrequent and then increases

gradually to become abnormally deep and rapid, before fading away completely

for a brief period. Breathing may be stopped for about 5 to 30 seconds,

before the next cycle of shallow breathing begins. Cheyne-Stokes respiration

is often accompanied by changes in the level of consciousness; it most

commonly occurs in seriously ill patients with brain or heart disorders. It

may occur during sleep.

Q: Is there any treatment for Cheyne-Stokes breathing?

A: If the breathing abnormality is associated with a heart or brain

disorder, it improves when the cause is treated. Sometimes, a physician

prescribes the drug aminophylline.

Cheyne-Stokes respirationAssociated persons:

<A HREF= " http://www.whonamedit.com/doctor.cfm/1127.html " > Cheyne</A>

<A HREF= " http://www.whonamedit.com/doctor.cfm/1128.html " > Stokes</A>

Description:

A common and bizarre breathing pattern characterized by alternating periods

of apnoea and hyperpnea. Typically, over a period of 1 minute, a 10-20 second

episode of apnoea or hypopnoea is observed followed by respirations of

increasing depth and frequency. The cycle then repeats itself. Despite

periods of apnoea, significant hypoxia rarely occurs.

Occurs in encephalitis and cerebral circulatory disturbances and manifests a

lesion of the bulbar centre of respiration. The condition may also, however,

be present as a normal finding in children, and in healthy adults following

fast ascending to great altitudes, or in sleep.

Bibliography:

J. Cheyne:

A case of apoplexy in which the fleshy part of the heart was converted into

fat.

Dublin Hospital Reports, 1818, 2: 216-223.

Reprinted in F. A. Willius & T. E. Keys: Cardiac Classics, 1941, pp. 317-320.

Stokes:

Fatty degeneration of the heart.

In his: The Diseases of the Heart and Aorta. Dublin, 1854, pp. 320-327.

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Cheyne-Stokes respiration

Cheyne-Stokes respiration (chan stoks " res p* ra " sh*n) is an abnormal

breathing pattern that is first shallow and infrequent and then increases

gradually to become abnormally deep and rapid, before fading away completely

for a brief period. Breathing may be stopped for about 5 to 30 seconds,

before the next cycle of shallow breathing begins. Cheyne-Stokes respiration

is often accompanied by changes in the level of consciousness; it most

commonly occurs in seriously ill patients with brain or heart disorders. It

may occur during sleep.

Q: Is there any treatment for Cheyne-Stokes breathing?

A: If the breathing abnormality is associated with a heart or brain

disorder, it improves when the cause is treated. Sometimes, a physician

prescribes the drug aminophylline.

Cheyne-Stokes respirationAssociated persons:

<A HREF= " http://www.whonamedit.com/doctor.cfm/1127.html " > Cheyne</A>

<A HREF= " http://www.whonamedit.com/doctor.cfm/1128.html " > Stokes</A>

Description:

A common and bizarre breathing pattern characterized by alternating periods

of apnoea and hyperpnea. Typically, over a period of 1 minute, a 10-20 second

episode of apnoea or hypopnoea is observed followed by respirations of

increasing depth and frequency. The cycle then repeats itself. Despite

periods of apnoea, significant hypoxia rarely occurs.

Occurs in encephalitis and cerebral circulatory disturbances and manifests a

lesion of the bulbar centre of respiration. The condition may also, however,

be present as a normal finding in children, and in healthy adults following

fast ascending to great altitudes, or in sleep.

Bibliography:

J. Cheyne:

A case of apoplexy in which the fleshy part of the heart was converted into

fat.

Dublin Hospital Reports, 1818, 2: 216-223.

Reprinted in F. A. Willius & T. E. Keys: Cardiac Classics, 1941, pp. 317-320.

Stokes:

Fatty degeneration of the heart.

In his: The Diseases of the Heart and Aorta. Dublin, 1854, pp. 320-327.