Rare diseases · Sign or symptom
Tachypnea
Increased respiratory rate or depth of breathing
HP:0002789
What it means
Very rapid breathing.
In adults, a beathing rate of between 12-20 breaths per minute is normal and tachypnea is present with a ventilatory rate greater than 20 breaths per minute.
Rare diseases that can present with this50
Very common80–99%
4Common30–79%
22- 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaric aciduria
- Acute interstitial pneumonia
- Acute lung injury
- Aortic arch interruption
- Argininosuccinic aciduria
- Common arterial trunk
- Complete atrioventricular septal defect
- Congenitally uncorrected transposition of the great arteries
- Congenital tricuspid valve dysplasia
- Double outlet right ventricle
- Ethylene glycol poisoning
- Exercise-induced malignant hyperthermia
- Holocarboxylase synthetase deficiency
- Hyperornithinemia-hyperammonemia-homocitrullinuria syndrome
- Idiopathic neonatal atrial flutter
- Joubert syndrome with Jeune asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy
- Malignant hyperthermia of anesthesia
- Pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome
- Primary pulmonary hypoplasia
- Pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency
- Succinyl-CoA:3-oxoacid CoA transferase deficiency
- Univentricular heart
The range is how often this sign appears among people diagnosed with each disease — it is not a probability of having any of them. Many of these signs also occur in common, non-rare conditions. A sign on this page is a conversation to have with a clinician, not a conclusion.
Part of the broader category
Also called: Polypnea
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