Kussmaul's respiration

respiration /res·pi·ra·tion/ (res″pĭ-ra´shun)

1. the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the atmosphere and the body cells, including ventilation (inhalation and exhalation); diffusion of oxygen from alveoli to blood and of carbon dioxide from blood to alveoli; and transport of oxygen to and carbon dioxide from body cells.

2. ventilation (1).

3. cellular respiration; the exergonic metabolic processes in living cells by which molecular oxygen is taken in, organic substances are oxidized, free energy is released, and carbon dioxide, water, and other oxidized products are given off by the cell.

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abdominal respiration  breathing accomplished mainly by the abdominal muscles and diaphragm.

aerobic respiration  the oxidative transformation of certain substrates into secretory products, the released energy being used in the process of assimilation.

anaerobic respiration  respiration in which energy is released from chemical reactions in which free oxygen takes no part.

artificial respiration  that which is maintained by force applied to the body, by stimulation of the phrenic nerve by an electric current, or by mouth-to-mouth method (resuscitation of an apneic victim by direct application of the mouth to his, regularly taking a deep breath and blowing into the victim's lungs).

Biot's respiration  rapid, short breathing with pauses of several seconds, indicating increased intracranial pressure.

Cheyne-Stokes respiration  breathing with rhythmic waxing and waning of depth of breaths and regularly recurring apneic periods.

cogwheel respiration  breathing with jerky inhalation.

electrophrenic respiration  diaphragmatic pacing; induction of respiration by electric stimulation of the phrenic nerve.

external respiration  exchange of gases between the lungs and blood.

internal respiration  exchange of gases between the body cells and blood.

Kussmaul's respiration , Kussmaul-Kien respiration air hunger; deep rapid breathing as seen in respiratory acidosis.

paradoxical respiration  that in which all or part of a lung is deflated during inhalation and inflated during exhalation, such as in flail chest or paralysis of the diaphragm.

tissue respiration  internal r.

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Kussmaul's respiration

a distressing dyspnea occurring in paroxysms, characteristic of diabetic acidosis and coma. Called also air hunger.