Breathing artifact

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Breathing artifact

  • 2 kinds of artifacts:
    • Slow and rhythmic activity, synchronous with the body movements of respiration, due to mechanically affecting the impedance of usually one electrode.
    • Sharp waves synchronously with inhalation or exhalation and involve the electrodes on which the patient is lying.


Breathing artifact in P4 in a intubated comatose patient (source) Breathing artifact P4 in a intubated patient (source) eegpedia.png

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