Common Respiratory Patterns in Comatose Clients

PATTERN LOCATION OF LESION

Cheyne-Stokes Usually bilateral in cerebral

Respiration hemispheres. Cerebellar sometimes. Midbrain. Upper pons

Central neurogenic

Hyperventilation Low midbrain. Upper pons.

Apneustic breathing Mid pons. Low pons.

Cluster breathing Low pons. High medulla.

Ataxic breathing Medulla.

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