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Cheyne, John (1777-1836)

Born 1777.

Physician, Meath Hospital, Dublin.

Cheyne-Stokes respiration
A characteristic pattern of respiration where the patient's breathing alternates between weaker, less frequent and stronger, more frequent respirations.



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