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Kussmaul's respiration
Also known as:
Kussmaul breathing
Kussmaul and Kien respiration
Associated persons:
Alphonse Kien
Adolf Kussmaul
Description:
Rhythmic, gasping and very deep type of respiration with normal or reduced frequency, associated with severe diabetic or renal acidosis or coma (Kussmaul's coma).
Bibliography:
- A. Kussmaul:
Zur Lehre vom Diabetes mellitus. Über eine eigenthümliche Todesart bei Diabetischen, über Acetonämie, Glycerin-Behandlung des Diabetes und Einspritzungen von Diastase in’s Blut bei dieser Krankheit.
Deutsches Archiv für klinische Medicin, Leipzig, 1874, 14: 1-46.
English translation in Ralph Hermon Major (1884-1970), Classic Descriptions of Disease. Springfield, C. C. Thomas, 1932. 2nd edition, 1939, 3rd edition, 1945.
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