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tachypnea
(tak″ip-neŽә; tak″e-neŽә)
very rapid respirations, seen especially in high fever when the body attempts to rid itself of excess heat. The rate of respiration
increases at a ratio of about eight breaths per minute for every degree Celsius above normal. Other causes include pneumonia,
compensatory respiratory alkalosis as the body tries to “blow off” excess carbon dioxide, respiratory insufficiency, lesions
in the respiratory control center of the brain, and salicylate poisoning. See also hyperpnea and hyperventilation.
transient tachypnea of the newborn
a self-limited elevation of the respiratory rate in newborns due to delayed clearing of fetal lung water.
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