Biot's breathing

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Black curve - biot's breathing, grey curve is physiological

Biot's breathing means irregular, differently deep breathing waves with different lengths of apnea pauses.

It is the result of a decrease in the irritability of the respiratory center, it occurs, for example, in meningitis, encephalitis or alkaloid poisoning.[1]

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  1. LEBL, Jan – PROVAZNÍK, Kamil – HEJCMANOVÁ, Ludmila. Preklinická pediatrie. 2. edition. Praha : Galén, 2007. pp. 107. ISBN 978-80-7262-438-6.

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