Tachypnea
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tachypnea [tə′kip·nē·ə]

(medicine)

An abnormally rapid rate of respiration.

Tachypnea

(also called polypnea), quick, shallow breathing without disturbance of rhythm. Tachypnea is a form of inspiratory dyspnea (labored breathing) unaccompanied by such clinical symptoms as constrained body position or cyanosis of the lips. Tachypnea may occur in healthy persons during physical exertion or nervous excitement.

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No references found			Specific to the respiratory system they cover such topics as apnea of prematurity, asthma basics, asthma and teens, BPD, cystic fibrosis, cystic fibrosis and nutrition, managing asthma, meconium aspiration, persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN), and transient tachypnea of the newborn (TTN). A picture is worth a thousand words by Rapple, Lisa / FOCUS: Journal for Respiratory Care & Sleep Medicine Chapter 28 deals with major pulmonary disorders in the neonate such as transient tachypnea of the newborn, pneumonia, meconium aspiration and apnea of prematurity while Chapter 29 covers congenital and surgical disorders that affect respiration. Perinatal and Pediatric Respiratory Care by Wyka, Ken A / FOCUS: Journal for Respiratory Care & Sleep Medicine			transgressive deposit transgressive overlap Transhumance transhybrid loss Transient transient analyzer transient area transient data transient distortion transient equilibrium transient grating photoacoustics transient ischemic attack transient liquid phase bonding transient lunar phenomena transient motion transient overshoot transient phenomena transient problem transient program Transient Program Area transient RANS modeling transient response transient situational disturbance transient state transient suppressor Transient tachypnea of the newborn transient x-ray source transillumination transistance Transistor transistor amplifier transistor biasing transistor characteristics transistor chip transistor circuit transistor clipping circuit transistor concept transistor gain transistor input resistance transistor magnetic amplifier transistor memory Transistor Radio transistor-transistor logic transit transit circle transit compass transit declinometer Transit Instrument transit line transit mix transit network			Transient Receptor Potential Canonical Transient Receptor Potential Canonical 1 Transient Receptor Potential Cation Channel, Subfamily V Transient Receptor Potential Channel 2 Transient Receptor Potential Channel 6 Transient Receptor Potential Channel 7 Transient Receptor Potential Melastatin 7 Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid 1 Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid 4 Transient Recovery Voltage Transient response transient response imaging Transient Response Second Harmonic Imaging Transient Response-Frequency Characteristic transient retinal ischemia Transient Reverse Engineering Network Technology Transient Reward Rate transient situational disturbance transient state transient state Transient Subsegmental Parenchymal Enhancement Transient Suppression Assembly Transient suppressor transient synovitis Transient Systems Simulation Program Transient tachypnea of the newborn Transient tic disorder Transient Time Flowmeter Transient Tracers in the Oceans Transient Undercooled Overpower Transient Visual Evoked Potential transient visual system Transient voltage suppression diode Transient voltage suppressor Transient Voltage Surge Suppressor Transient Voltage Surge Suppressor Transient Voltage Surge Suppressor Transient Water System Transient Wave Field Transient X-Ray Diffraction transient x-ray source Transient, Patients, Separations & Disciplinary Transient, Trainee, Holdee and Student Allowance Transient-Effect Area Test Signal Transient-Evoked Otoacoustic Emission transiently transiently transiently transiently Transiently Chaotic Neural Network Transientness Transients Transients Transients Transients Transients, Transfers, Prisoners, and Patients

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Tachypnea (redirected from Transient tachypnea of the newborn)

Tachypnea
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