MRCP UK EXAMINATIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Tachypnea is the term that your health care provider uses to describe your breathing if it is too fast, especially if you have fast, shallow breathing from a lung disease or other medical cause. The term hyperventilation is usually used if you are taking rapid, deep breaths.

Detailed explanation-2: -Tachypnea is a condition that refers to rapid breathing. The normal breathing rate for an average adult is 12 to 20 breaths per minute. In children, the number of breaths per minute can be a higher resting rate than seen in adults.

Detailed explanation-3: -Tachypnea (pronounced “tuh-KIP-nee-uh”) or tachypneic breathing is rapid, shallow breathing. If your breath rate gets fast but then returns to normal it’s called transient tachypnea. Several medical conditions cause tachypnea.

Detailed explanation-4: -Hyperpnea is breathing more deeply and sometimes faster than usual. It’s normal during exercise or exertion. Tachypnea is rapid, shallow breathing, when you take more than the normal amount of breaths per minute.

Detailed explanation-5: -Tachypnea, also spelt tachypnoea, is a respiratory rate greater than normal, resulting in abnormally rapid and shallow breathing. In adult humans at rest, any respiratory rate of 12–20 per minute is considered clinically normal, with tachypnea being any rate above that.