Everything about Apneustic Respirations totally explained
Apneustic respiration (
a.k.a. apneusis) is an abnormal pattern of breathing characterized by deep, gasping inspiration with a pause at full inspiration followed by a brief, insufficient release.
Accompanying signs and symptoms may include
decerebrate or decorticate posturing; fixed, dilated pupils;
coma or profound
stupor;
quadriparesis; absent
corneal reflex; absent
doll's eye sign; negative
oculocephalic reflex; and obliteration of the
gag reflex.
Causes
It is caused by damage to the
pons or upper
medulla caused by strokes or trauma. Specifically, concurrent removal of input from the
vagus nerve and the
pneumotaxic center causes this pattern of breathing. It is an ominous sign, with a generally poor prognosis.
It can also be temporarily caused by some drugs, such as
ketamine.
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