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Increased rate of respiration.

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Usage examples (9)
  • Depends on age and presence of respiratory distress tachypnea
  • I've noticed that our ED's nurses, when they want to bring to my attention a patient's tachypnea, actually record "19" or "21" as the respiratory rate ...
  • Babies born by cesarean are more likely to develop breathing problems such as transient tachypnea abnormally fast breathing during the first few days after birth.
  • Rates of small-for-gestational-age babies, admission to the neonatal ICU, preterm delivery, need for IV glucose, respiratory distress syndrome, and transient tachypnea...
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