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tachypnea

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tachypnea [tə′kip·nē·ə]
(medicine)
An abnormally rapid rate of respiration.


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A diagnosis of LRTI was made if the infant also had abnormal sounds on lung auscultation and chest indrawing or tachypnea.
Indeed, RSV bronchiolitis and asthma share several clinical features (wheezing, increased work of breathing, tachypnea, and reversible changes in pulmonary function), but they also differ substantially in terms of response to bronchodilator and anti-inflammatory therapies.
Early signs and symptoms of malignant hyperthermia include masseter muscle rigidity (following succinylcholine administration), tachypnea, tachycardia, arrhythmias, a rising end-tidal carbon dioxide level, an increase in minute ventilation, and a hot soda-lime canister.
 
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