abnormally shallow breathing, usually accompanied by a decrease in the breathing rate
Word origin
C20: New Latin, from hypo- + Greek pnoia breath, from pnein to breathe
Examples of 'hypopnoea' in a sentence
hypopnoea
Normalisation of apnoea–hypopnoea index, spontaneously or via surgery, lowers heart rate.
Mathias Baumert, Yvonne Pamula, James Martin, Declan Kennedy, Anand Ganesan, MuammarKabir, Mark Kohler, Sarah A. Immanuel 2016, 'The effect of adenotonsillectomy for childhood sleep apnoea on cardiorespiratory control',ERJ Open Researchhttp://openres.ersjournals.com/content/2/2/00003-2016.full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Studies on a larger sample size must specify the efficacy on the apnoea-hypopnoea index.
Olivier Jacq, Isabelle Arnulf, Thomas Similowski, Valérie Attali 2017, 'Upper airway stabilization by osteopathic manipulation of the sphenopalatine ganglionversus sham manipulation in OSAS patients: a proof-of-concept, randomized, crossover,double-blind, controlled study', BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicinehttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12906-017-2053-0. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This review focuses on the clinical presentation of the obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome in adults.
Renata L. Riha 2010, 'Clinical assessment of the obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome', Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Diseasehttps://doi.org/10.1177/1753465810365080. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)