Abnormal Respiratory Patterns

[BushyFromOz]

After reading Ridryders post in the cushing's reflex thread, i realised that although i knew what some abnormal respiratory patterns "looked" like (hey, lack of experience here). I turned to a trusty book and found a diagram with 3 or 4 squiggly lines that are supposed to be a graphical representation of a respiratory pattern such as cheyne stokes (below)

Would other people like to add some diagrams such as this along with a brief description of what they look like and where they originate from. It would be interesting to see if any patterns have more than one name, we could build a good resource for those of us who lack considerable first hand experience.

P.S. would you call the lines on these diagrams "pleth" waves?

Cheers

[VentMedic]

[web:64841b7149]http://classes.kumc.edu/son/nurs420/unit7/respiratory_patterns.htm[/web:64841b7149]

[tniuqs]

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmung

Atmung ?

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VENT ... the link you posted is dead ... correction apneic ------------------------------- !

Edited January 19, 2010 by tniuqs

[VentMedic]

VENT ... the link you posted is dead ... correction apneic ------------------------------- !

It was still alive 2 years ago.

[sportygirl]

So for give me but this might be a dumb question. Why dose knowing what they look like on paper help? I though for respirations you want to know the difference in sound and pattern?

[VentMedic]

So for give me but this might be a dumb question. Why dose knowing what they look like on paper help? I though for respirations you want to know the difference in sound and pattern?

It's easier to explain the patterns on paper. The different patterns are very important symptoms for different etiologies or diseases processes. Examples would be DKA and TBI or other neuro events.

quote name='BushyFromOz' date='20 December 2007 - 10:28 PM' timestamp='1198214897' post='144887']

VENT ... the link you posted is dead ... correction apneic ------------------------------- !

Found you some new links to pretty pics and information tniuqs.

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