ALTHOUGH aminophylline has been known for many years to abolish Cheyne-Stokes respiration and restore a normal breathing pattern, the mechanism of this phenomenon is poorly understood. This agent ...

Cheyne-Stokes breathing is one common pattern seen in the final stages of life that's believed to be a result of heart ...

During this period there was clinical evidence of respiratory dysfunction with slow, irregular or Cheyne—Stokes breathing, pulmonary congestion and antidiuresis. In one biopsy and two autopsy ...