Your 6-year-old patient's respiratory rate is 36 breaths per minute,which you record as

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Tachypnea is a respiratory rate greater than 22 breaths per minute for a child 6 years of age; therefore,36 breaths per minute is tachypnea.For a 6-year-old child,16 to 22 breaths per minute is considered within normal limits.Hyperpnea is an exaggerated,deep,rapid,or labored respiration.Hyperventilation is a pulmonary ventilation rate that is greater than that metabolically necessary for pulmonary gas exchange.

Your 6-Year-Old Patient's Respiratory Rate Is 36 Breaths Per Minute,which