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チェーンストークス呼吸
Cheyne-Stokes respiration, Cheyne-Stokes breathing
呼吸の神経中枢がうまく働かない場合に生じる呼吸の異常。小さな呼吸から次第に深さや速さが増した後、今度はしだいに減少して無呼吸となることを繰り返す。
Abnormal breathing caused by the nerve centers that regulate breath not working properly. It consists of a repeated cycle of shallow breaths followed by increasingly deep and rapid breaths, which lessen, and are then followed by a period of no breathing.