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Cheyne-Stokes|ˈtʃeɪn ˈstəʊks| The names of John Cheyne (1777–1836), Scottish physician, and William Stokes (1804–78), Irish physician, used attrib. in Cheyne-Stokes breathing, Cheyne-Stokes respiration, etc., to describe a type of breathing characterized by cycles of respiratory movements consisting of gradual decrease, total cessation, and gradual increase of the respiratory movements, occurring chiefly in coma and in cardiac and cerebral affections.
1874Dublin Jrnl. Med. Sci. LVIII. 519 That peculiar form of breathing once called ascending and descending respiration, but now better known, especially abroad, by Professor Traube's nomenclature, as ‘The Cheyne-Stokes Phenomenon’. 1877Lancet 3 Mar. 309/1 The typical Cheyne-Stokes' respiration is that..in which, after a complete pause, there is gradual return of breathing and increase of chest movements till they attain an exaggerated degree,..and again a gradual subsidence and pause. Ibid. 17 Mar. 385/2 When the exhaustion was extreme, the phenomenon of Cheyne-Stokes' breathing developed. 1886L. Curtis in Buck's Handbk. Med. Sci. II. 89/2 In the last stages [of fatty heart], Cheyne-Stokes respiration and evidences of cerebral anæmia occur. 1898Westm. Gaz. 18 Mar. 7/1 Mr. Gladstone has what we call the Cheyne-Stokes breathing. 1910A. Bennett Clayhanger iii. xvi. 434 Symptoms of ‘Cheyne-Stokes breathing’, the final and worst symptom of his disease. 1964G. B. Mair Miss Turquoise iv. 50 The shallow irregularity of Cheyne Stokes rhythm. |