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Cheyne-Stokes and Abnormal Patterns of Respiration, Cheyne-Stokes respiration [ 1 ] Cheyne-Stokes respiration is also known as periodic respiration,...
Apnoeic episodes or Cheyne-Stokes respiration . Spasticity. Differential diagnosis Other congenital metabolic disorders, eg Leigh's syndrome .
Long-cycle, Cheyne-Stokes respiration - damage at the diencephalon. Short-cycle, Cheyne-Stokes respiration - damage at the medulla.
Stokes-Adams Attacks (Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment), Adams' description of syncope associated with bradycardia dates back to 1827 and Stokes described the same association in ...
Nature of breathing, including: Kussmaul's breathing: deep and laboured breathing, often associated with severe metabolic acidosis. Cheyne-Stokes' breathing: progress...
Prior to having an ERCP, blood pressure, heart rate, respiration and oxygen levels will be recorded. If a person has diabetes, the blood sugar level will also be checked and recorded.
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If the blood clot that caused the stoke can be dissolved shortly after symptoms begin, it can improve the eventual outcome. This is because brain cells that would have died are able to surviv...
Respiratory depression, apnoea and Cheyne-Stokes breathing. Confusion. Agitation. Vomiting. Decreased levels of consciousness, and coma.
This is commonly termed 'cardiac asthma', although uraemia may cause similar symptoms. Cheyne-Stokes or periodic breathing: this often occurs during sleep, with a long cyc...
For example, they may find the "death rattle" of terminal breathing or Cheyne-Stokes breathing most distressing. All attention is on the dying patient. Do not forget the...
Leaning over the face to inspect respiration can be used to smell the patient's breath - eg, for alcohol. Hyperventilation may be a sign of acidosis (chronic kidney disease).
Examination When considering whether an LUQ mass is an enlarged spleen, features of an enlarged spleen include that: It moves with respiration. It enlarges towards the right iliac...
Variable with respiration - it decreases with inspiration. Enhanced by the hepatojugular reflux (see below).
Accessory muscles of respiration are employed (best assessed by palpation of the neck muscles) and the chest appears hyper-inflated.
Total intravenous anaesthesia This is a technique in which major surgery is carried out with all drugs given intravenously. Respiration can be spontaneous, or controlled with oxygen-enr...
Episodes which may be accompanied by frothing at the mouth, difficulty swallowing, vomiting and intense spasms affecting the muscles of deglutition and the accessory muscles of respiration. ...
It has been postulated that they represent an evolutionarily antecedent to modern lung respiration. [ 2 ] Hiccups are usually self-limiting, lasting for only a short period of time but may be...
Deep sighing respiration (Kussmaul breathing) is a common feature of acidosis (hyperventilation in an attempt to remove carbon dioxide) but may take some hours to appear.
Any clinical signs of ketosis or worsening condition (eg, Kussmaul's respiration, severe dehydration, abdominal pain). The patient is unable to manage adjustment of normal diabetes car...