While Assessing an Unconscious Patient, You Observe That Her Breathing

Multiple Choice

While assessing an unconscious patient, you observe that her breathing becomes progressively faster and deeper and then progressively becomes slower and more shallow. After that, there is a period of apnea before the cycle begins again. This breathing pattern would be identified as:

A) Cheyne-Stokes.
B) tachypnea.
C) Kussmaul.
D) hyperventilation.