See Also: Kussmaul Breathing(health)
kussmaul breathing(medicine)
Kussmaul(medicine)
Kussmaul's pulse(medicine)
Kussmaul's coma(medicine)
Kussmaul's disease(medicine)
Kussmaul's sign(medicine)
Kussmaul's symptom(medicine)
Kussmaul respiration(medicine)
Kussmaul's aphasia(medicine)

Kussmaul Breathing (health)


The rapid, deep, and labored breathing of people who have ketoacidosis or who are in a diabetic coma. Kussmaul breathing is named for Adolph Kussmaul, the 19th century German doctor who first noted it. Also called "air hunger."