Dyspnea
Biot respirations
Irregular respirations varying in rate and depth and interrupted by periods of apnea; associated with increased intracranial pressure, brain damage at the level of the medulla, and respiratory compromise from drug poisoning
Ataxia
an abnormal pattern of breathing characterized by complete irregularity of breathing, with irregular pauses and increasing periods of apnea. As the breathing pattern deteriorates.
Platypnea
dyspnea worse with upright posture (i.e. pericarditis)
Cheyne-Stokes
pattern of breathing characterized by a gradual increase of depth and sometimes rate to a maximum level, followed by a decrease, resulting in apnea
Hypopnea
shallow breathing
Apnea
without breathing
Orthopnea
Ability to breath only in the upright possition
Kussmaul breathing
Abnormally deep, regular, and increased in rate
Hyperpnea
Deep breathing
Dyspnea
Difficult or labored breathing
Retractions
Movements in which the skin pulls in around the ribs during inspiration.
Tachypnea
RAPID BREATHING
Bradypnea
SLOW BREATHING
Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea
Shortness of breath that awakens the individual in the middle of the night, usually in a panic with the feeling of suffocation.
Air trapping
incomplete emptying of alveoli during expiration due to loss of lung tissue elasticity (emphysema), bronchospasm (asthma), or airway obstruction