Question

The nursing assistant who provides care on the palliative unit of a hospital is aware of the phenomenon of cheyne-stokes respirations as death approaches. cheyne-stokes respirations are:

Answer 1

Cheyne-Stokes respiration is a particular type of periodic breathing that is characterized by a crescendo-decrescendo pattern of breathing in between central apneas or central hypopneas (waxing and waning amplitude of flow or tidal volume).

• Cheyne-Stokes respirations are a rare irregular breathing pattern1 that typically takes place during sleep but can happen when you're awake.
• The breathing pattern consists of bursts of rapid, shallow breathing followed by slower, heavier breathing and apneic intervals, when there is no breathing at all.
• Some persons experience hypopneas, which are moments of incredibly shallow breathing, in place of an apnea2.
• The pattern resumes following an apnea or hypopnea in a cycle that normally lasts 45 to 90 seconds.

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