kussmaul breathing

[ctizzle13498]

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I dont understand this. So if a patient is in diabetic ketoacidosis, he will want to breath out CO2, thus getting rid of acid and raise the pH back to normal. That part I understand.

But then it says that Kussmaul breathing is slow, deep, labored breathing/hyperventilation. How can something be slow and deep and hyperventilation at the same time???

 

[MintChocolateChip83]

I dont understand this. So if a patient is in diabetic ketoacidosis, he will want to breath out CO2, thus getting rid of acid and raise the pH back to normal. That part I understand.

But then it says that Kussmaul breathing is slow, deep, labored breathing/hyperventilation. How can something be slow and deep and hyperventilation at the same time???

i could be wrong but i thought the slow, deep, labored breathing was needed for actual gas exchange to take place in order to relieve the DKA. thus that would limit how fast a person could actually breathe

 

[jfgavina]

At the beggining it is fast, tachypneic and deep but as you become tired it turns slow and labored but keep deep.

 

[jfgavina]

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