agonal respiration

Agonal respiration is not the same as, and is unrelated to, the phenomenon of death rattle.

As the breathing pattern deteriorates, it merges with agonal respirations.

Rabbits with advanced upper airway disease will attempt to breathe through their mouths; this is agonal respiration.

It is indicated in those who are unresponsive with no breathing or abnormal breathing, for example, agonal respirations.

Agonal respiration is an abnormal pattern of breathing characterized by gasping, labored breathing, accompanied by strange vocalizations and myoclonus.

He died on March 3, 2001 in Izmir due to agonal respiration, and was buried in the Edirnekapı Martyr's Cemetery in Istanbul.

The presence of agonal respirations in these cases indicates a more favorable prognosis than in cases of cardiac arrest without agonal respirations.

There is a medical term, agonal respiration, for any irregularity of breathing, sometimes deep and sometimes shallow, just before death, Dr. Smith said, but for most people there is no noise.

Agonal respirations are also commonly seen in cases of cardiogenic shock or cardiac arrest where agonal respirations may persist for several minutes after cessation of heartbeat.

In terminally ill patients, a failure of the reflex to swallow leads to a build-up of mucus or saliva in the throat and airways, producing a noise known as a death rattle (not to be confused with agonal respiration, which is an abnormal pattern of breathing due to cerebral ischemia or hypoxia).