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Cheyne-Stokes Respiration

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Overview

    • Look For

    • Periods of hyperventilation interspersed with periods of apnoea or bradypnoea.

    • Significance

    • Cheyne-Stokes respiration occurs when hyperventilation lowers the arterial CO₂ below the apnoeic threshold.

    • Causes of Cheyne-Stokes Respiration

    • Physiological - at high altitudes
    • Obstructive sleep apnoea
    • Congestive cardiac failure
    • CNS - stroke, traumatic brain injury, tumour
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