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AASM Membership Sections Newsletter Issue #1
20
American Academy
of Sleep Medicine
Education
1. Different breathing patterns seen in chronic opioid users
a. Cluster breathing (a form of periodic breathing) (see
Figure 1
)
b. Ataxic/Biot’s breathing. This non-periodic breathing pattern is characterized by irregular respiratory rate,
apneas, and varying amplitudes of tidal breaths. This is a chaotic breathing pattern. (see
Figure 2
)
Figure 1. Cluster/periodic breathing
Figure 2. Ataxic/Biot’s breathing pattern