Irregular breathing

Irregular breathing patterns are characteristic of increased intracranial pressure. Tide-type breathing, shallow and rapid breathing, sobbing breathing are common clinically. Slower breathing is more common with a retrocranial fossa hematoma. Irregular breathing and tidal breathing are common when brain stem is injured. Tidal breathing: Also known as Chen-Shi breathing, it is a periodic breathing abnormality with a period of about 0.5 to 2 seconds. Breathing gradually becomes shallower and slower, and then pauses, and then the breathing gradually deepens and accelerates, alternately appearing again and again. It is more common in central nervous system diseases, such as encephalitis, meningitis, increased intracranial pressure, and barbiturate poisoning.