Symptom
Tachypnea
Abnormally increased respiratory rate (adults: >20 breaths/minute, 3-5 years: >30 breaths/minute, 0-1 year: >60 breaths/minute) reflecting heightened ventilatory demand. Possible causes are respiratory conditions (asthma, pneumonia, COPD, pulmonary embolism, atelectasis, pneumothorax), heart failure, anemia, sepsis, acidosis, diabetic ketoacidosis, fever, stress/anxiety, intense exercise, and drugs (cocaine, caffeine).
Referencing diagnoses
- Abdominal compartment syndrome
- Acute interstitial pneumonia
- Acute pancreatitis
- Acute respiratory distress syndrome
- Alcoholic liver disease
- Amniotic fluid embolism
- Anemia
- Aortic regurgitation
- Aortoenteric fistula
- Asthma
- Cardiac tamponade
- Cardiomyopathy
- Cholangitis
- COPD
- Crohn disease
- Croup
- Diabetic ketoacidosis
- Diarrhea
- Dieulafoys lesion
- Epiglottitis
- Esophageal perforation
- Esophageal varices
- Fat embolism syndrome
- Femoral hernia
- Gastroenteritis
- Gastrointestinal hemorrhage
- Hemothorax
- Hypernatremia
- Inguinal hernia
- Inhalation injury
- Intestinal malrotation
- Intussusception
- Liver abscess
- Liver injury
- Malignant hyperthermia
- Meningitis
- Metabolic acidosis
- Necrotizing enterocolitis
- Perforated ulcer
- Pericarditis
- Pleural empyema
- Pleuritis
- Pneumonia
- Pneumothorax
- Pulmonary edema
- Pulmonary embolism
- Rectus sheath hematoma
- Respiratory alkalosis
- Retropharyngeal abscess
- Ruptured aortic aneurysm
- Ruptured ovarian cyst
- Shock
- Sickle cell disease
- Splenic injury
- Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Vitamin B12 deficiency
Note: Lists existing diagnoses in Diagnotize only.