Which of the following terms is also called suffocation?
A) asphyxia
B) Cheyne-Stokes respiration
C) aspiration
D) hypoventilation
A) asphyxia
Suffocation and asphyxia are interchangeable terms. Cheyne-Stokes respiration is
an abnormal breathing pattern in which long periods of apnea alternate with periods of deeper,
more rapid breathing. Aspiration is withdrawing fluid from a body cavity using suction or
inhaling food, fluid, or a foreign object into the airways. Hypoventilation is breathing both too
slow and too shallow.
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