ALTHOUGH aminophylline has been known for many years to abolish Cheyne-Stokes respiration and restore a normal breathing pattern, the mechanism of this phenomenon is poorly understood. This agent acts ...

From the Thorndike Memorial Laboratory, Second and Fourth Medical Services (Harvard), Boston City Hospital, the Cardiac Clinic, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Department of Medicine, Harvard ...

Cheyne-Stokes respiration involves rapid breathing and long pauses, indicating reduced brain control over respiration. Trump says Republicans should 'nationalize' elections Dine-and-dashers threatened ...

Of note, if the patient is bedfast, complete evaluation of respiratory efficiency is often less than optimal because chest expansion is not always symmetric and percussion notes may be less resonant.