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Kussmaul respiration
Type of respiration which is named after the internal physician Adolf Kussmaul (1822-1902). Characterised by normal or low frequency respiration with rhythmic and abnormally deep breaths. This balances excessive acidification of arterial blood (acidosis), e.g. in diabetic coma, with increased expiration of carbon dioxide.

Glossary entries:  Roche and Walter de Gruyter, Berlin