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Related to bradypnoea: bradycardia, tachycardia, slow respiration

bradypnea

[‚brād·ē′nē·ə]

(medicine)

Abnormal slowness of respiration.

References in periodicals archive ?

An RR of 10 bpm or fewer is considered bradypnoea and indicative of respiratory depression.

Capnography: monitoring C[O.sub.2]

The key findings were rapidly progressive bradypnoea leading to apnoea due to loss of respiratory effect.

Toxicokinetics of organophosphours compounds

A 68-year-old woman presented with stupor (Glasgow coma score 11/15), severe sinus bradycardia (36 beats/minute) and bradypnoea (6 breaths/minute), after being bed-bound for a prolonged period owing to extreme lethargy.

Case report

PSG findings resemble central apnoea with protracted expiratory bradypnoea without oxygen desaturation.