Cheyne-Stokes respiration

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n.

An abnormal pattern of breathing characterized by a gradual increase in depth and sometimes in rate to a maximum depth, followed by a decrease resulting in apnea, usually seen in comatose individuals having diseased nervous centers of respiration.

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How to use Cheyne-Stokes respiration in a sentence

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“After the trial and the appeals it is easy to ask yourself what could we have done better,” said Stokes.
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From higher up, at the level of the hidden bed, came the regular plaintive respiration of Sarah Gailey.
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"Warn the men, and arrange tanks and chutes accordingly; for Harvey Cheyne is in a hurry, a hurry—hurry," sang the wires.
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Harvey Cheyne's wife, she was sick back, an' we did n't want to jounce her.
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It is produced abundantly when vegetable matters are burnt, as also during respiration, fermentation, and many other processes.
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On examining the respiration and pulse, I have never been able to detect any characteristic abnormality.
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