Differentials
Gasping
SIGNS / SYMPTOMS
INVESTIGATIONS
SIGNS / SYMPTOMS
A convulsive or laborious respiration with an abnormal breathing pattern characterized by shallow, slow (3 to 4 per minute), and irregular inspirations followed by irregular pauses. The distinctive "hic" noise produced by closure of the glottis in hiccups is absent.
INVESTIGATIONS
Clinical diagnosis with no differentiating tests.
Burping
SIGNS / SYMPTOMS
INVESTIGATIONS
SIGNS / SYMPTOMS
A noisy expulsion of gas from the stomach through the mouth, with absence of the involuntary inspiration observed in hiccups.
INVESTIGATIONS
Clinical diagnosis with no differentiating tests.
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