A case of dirhythmic breathing.
We describe a case of dirhythmic breathing in a 60-year-old man after neurosurgery. A large hemangioblastoma was removed from the cerebellum at the level of the fourth ventricle. The spirometric tracings showed two types of respiratory cycles: the rhythm. A was stable with a short inspiratory time; sometimes a second type of respiratory cycle, B, was present or erratically coupled with the A rhythm. It had very small tidal volume and mean inspiratory flow with phasic variations similar to those observed in Cheyne-Stokes breathing pattern.
Martín Escribano
P
P
Section of Pneumology, Hospital 1. de Octubre, Madrid, Spain.
Melchor Iñiguez
R
R
Alfaro Abreu
J
J
Palomera Frade
J
J
Martínez Cruz
R
R
D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012123:Pulmonary Ventilation; D012120:Respiration Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013147:Spirometry; D013990:Tidal Volume