Bouchut respiration


Bouchut respiration

An obsolete term for shortened inspiratory phase respiration, which is said to be typical of children with pneumonia; described by French physician Jean Antoine Eugene Bouchut (1818–1891).

Bouchut respiration

(boo-shoo′) [Jean A. E. Bouchut, Fr. physician, 1818–1891] A historic term for respiration in which expiration is longer than inspiration, as seen in children with bronchopneumonia and asthma.