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What Is The Normal Respiratory Rate Of A Healthy Person?

doctor my mom is sleeping ryt nw bt i feel she might hav drank all out r sumthng poisonous .. so i am looking at her and i checkd her resperiratory dis time .. and she is breathng 17 times per min .. is it normal are should cal for help ..(she is 50 yrs old) pls hlp me
Tue, 1 Mar 2016
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hi.

don't worry. your mother has normal respiratory rate. it is 12-20 cycles per minute in adluts.

hope this helps.

good day!!

~dr.kaye
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What Is The Normal Respiratory Rate Of A Healthy Person?

hi. don t worry. your mother has normal respiratory rate. it is 12-20 cycles per minute in adluts. hope this helps. good day!! ~dr.kaye