A respiratory pattern characterized by a gradually increasing rate and tidal volume followed by a gradual decrease with intermittent periods of apnea is

(A) Cheyne-Stokes.
(B) Biot's (ataxic).
(C) central neurogenic hyperventilation.
(D) agonal.


Ans: (A) Cheyne-Stokes.

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