Couplet periodic breathing response to high carbon dioxide and low oxygen.
A breathing pattern is described which is characterized by a grouping of two breaths followed by a prolonged apnea and which may involve a mechanism different from at least one type of Cheyne-Stokes breathing. The pattern can be eliminated by breathing 9 percent O(2) or 10 percent CO(2). However, the pattern frequently persists during breathing of high oxygen.
D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D019069:Cell Respiration; D002639:Cheyne-Stokes Respiration; D010100:Oxygen / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012119:Respiration / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes
D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D010100:Oxygen
CARBON DIOXIDE/pharmacology; OXYGEN/pharmacology; RESPIRATION/pharmacology