page_title: Biot's respiration
hierarchical_section_title: Biot's respiration
context_page_description: Biot's respiration is an abnormal pattern of breathing characterized by groups of regular deep inspirations followed by regular or irregular periods of apnea.
  It is named for Camille Biot, who characterized it in 1876.
context_section_description: Biot's respiration is an abnormal pattern of breathing characterized by groups of regular deep inspirations followed by regular or irregular periods of apnea.
  It is named for Camille Biot, who characterized it in 1876.
caption: Graph showing Biot's respiration and other pathological breathing patterns.