Cheyne Stokes Breathing

What is Cheyne Stokes breathing?

Cheyne Stokes breathing is a crescendo-decrescendo pattern of periodic breathing in which phases of hyperpnea regularly alternate with apnea.

Where is the lesion that causes Cheyne Stokes breathing? 

Cheyne Stokes respirations are seen most often with lesions affecting both cerebral hemispheres.

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