<prompt> After an accident a teenager developed a different breathing pattern. After neurological evaluation, transection at mid pons level is diagnosed. This lesion will result in:AsphyxiaHyperventilationRapid and shallow breathingApneusis  <response>: If the brainstem is transected in the midpons, a breathing pattern called apneusis results if the vagus nerves have also been transected. Apneustic breathing consists of prolonged inspiratory effos interrupted by occasional expirations. Apneusis is probably caused by a sustained discharge of medullary inspiratory neurons. Ref: Levitzky M.G. 2007. Chapter 9. The Control of Breathing. In M.G. Levitzky Ed, Pulmonary Physiology, 7e. 