The nurse performing a physical assessment of a client with COPD documents the alteration: "bradypnea." Which of the following describes this condition?
A) Difficulty breathing while lying down
B) Slower than normal respirations
C) Increase in depth of breaths
D) Labored or difficult breathing
B
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Bradypnea is slower than normal respirations; orthopnea is difficulty breathing while lying down; hyperpnea is increase in depth of breaths; and dyspnea is labored or difficult breathing.
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