A child is admitted to the emergency department displaying an abnormal breathing pattern consisting of random,ineffective,haphazard breaths and pauses.What is the name of this breathing pattern?

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Hypothalamic and midbrain damage results in rapid,sustained,deep hyperventilation (central neurogenic hyperventilation).Injury to the medulla and the pons affects the respiratory centers and produces several different patterns: apneustic breathing,with a prolonged pause at full inspiration;ataxic breathing,which consists of random,ineffective,haphazard breaths and pauses without a predictable pattern;and primary alveolar hypoventilation (Ondine's curse),a failure to breathe while sleeping,which is the failure of automatic breathing centers when asleep.

A Child Is Admitted to the Emergency Department Displaying an Abnormal