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The medical term for hyperventilation is tachypnea (tack-IP-nee-ah) or hyperapnea. The normal respiratory rate in a healthy adult man is 12-20 breaths per minute. There may be slight individual variations, but a respiratory rate more than 50 is generally hyperapnea.Tachypnea is rapid, shallow breaths, and generally >30 if tachypneic.
Hyperapnea is rapid breathing but is deeper breathing than in tachynpnea. Tachy is the medical prefix for "fast", eg tachycardia is a fast heart rate.
Hyperventilating.
Rapid breathing is known as hyperventilation.
abnormally fast (tachypnea), abnormally slow (technically termed bradypnea), or nonexistent (apnea).
the pattern of alternating periods of rapid breathing, and the absence of breathing is
The term is respiratory rate, usually expressed in terms of breaths per minute.
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tachypnea
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Stimulants
What is tachypena?
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sinus arrhythmia
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What are the signs of tachypnea?
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Who can dingos rapid breathing and heart rate?
135 beats per minute
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What body system helps control the actions of when your heart begins to pound and your breathing becomes rapid?
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