Definition of "tachypnea" []

• Rapid breathing. (noun)

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• "Physical findings on arrival on the Medicine service: fever to 102F, tachycardia, tachypnea, hypotension, crackles about halfway up the lungs bilaterally, and oxygen saturation of 89%."
• "I've noticed that our ED's nurses, when they want to bring to my attention a patient's tachypnea, actually record "19" or "21" as the respiratory rate ..."
• "Babies born by cesarean are more likely to develop breathing problems such as transient tachypnea abnormally fast breathing during the first few days after birth."