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'''Tachypnea''' is a [[Respiration rate|respiration rate]] greater than normal,
In adult humans at rest, any [[respiratory rate]] between 12 and 20 breaths per minute is normal and tachypnea is indicated by a rate greater than 20 breaths per minute.<ref>{{DorlandsDict|eight/000105545|tachypnea}}</ref> Children have significantly higher resting ventilatory rates, which decline rapidly during the first three years of life and then steadily until around 18 years. Tachypnea can be an early [[medical sign]] of pneumonia in children.
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