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Tachypnea
Aka: Tachypnea, Breathing Fast
- See Also
- Hyperventilation
- Breathing Rate
- Bradypnea
- Respiratory Distress in Children with Pneumonia
- Respiratory Distress in the Newborn
- Criteria: Tachypnea (WHO criteria)
- Newborn to 2 months: 60 breaths per minute
- Infant 2 months to 1 year: 50 breaths per minute
- Preschool Child 1 to 5 years: 40 breaths per minute
- School age Child: 20-30 breaths per minute
- Adults: 20 breaths per minute
- Causes: Tachypnea
- See Dyspnea
- Fever
- Fever increases Respiratory Rate up to 10 breaths/min per degree celcius
- Exertion
- Pain
- Acute respiratory distress
- Congestive Heart Failure
- Anemia
- Hyperthyroidism
- Pneumonia (or Pediatric Pneumonia)
- Abdominal distention
- Respiratory muscle paralysis
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- Pneumothorax
- Obesity
- Metabolic Acidosis