The number of breaths you take each minute is your respiratory rate. Adults typically breathe 12–20 times per minute while at rest. While resting, an abnormal respiration rate is less than 12 or greater than 25 breaths per minute. Asthma, stress, pneumonia, congestive heart failure, lung illness, drug overdose, anxiety, and pneumonia are a few of the disorders that might alter a normal respiratory rate.
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(2024). Respiratory Rate. In: Dictionary of Toxicology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-9283-6_2382
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