Comment on the breathing pattern of a patient with prolonged inspiratory spasms that resemble breath holding?
Correct Answer: Apneustic breathing
Description: Ans. B Apneustic breathingRef: Ganong: 25th ed. Page 656Prolonged inspiratory spasm that resemble breath holding is called apneusis. It occurs in case of damage to pneumotaxic centre with cut vagi.
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