Hypopnea and other types of breathing
 

We have determined that hypopnea is an abnormal type of breathing when the airflow is labored because of some pathology of the respiratory system. Generally speaking, breathing turns out to be quite a complicated issue. And apart from hypopnea there rather a large number of other breathing patterns. Let’s have a look at some terms and their short definitions.

eupnoea - normal breathing
dyspnea - intense breath with a shortness, sometimes with cyanosis
oligopnea – weakening of respiratory movements accompanied with reduction of breath
tachypnea – quickened and fast breathing
bradypnea – rare and slow breath
apnea – cessation of breathing
hyperpnea – the increased amplitude of breathing at the normal rate
Speaking about hypopnea in these terms it can be defined as the reduced amplitude of breathing at the normal rate.

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