A breathing pattern characterized by progressive increasing, then subsiding, rate and volume of respirations, interrupted by periods of apnea is known as:
A) Kussmaul's respirations.
B) apneustic respirations.
C) Cheyne-Stokes.
D) Biot's.
Answer: C
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