hypoxemia

Examples

• All

• These warning signs include change in mental status, change in vital signs, hypoxemia, cardiac rhythm changes, abnormal laboratory studies, chest pain, and shortness of breath.

  Academic text (2007)

• He returned 2 days later with confusion, tachycardia, hypoxemia, and a measurable fever (temperature 38.7°C).

  Academic text (2015)

• Supplemental oxygen should be routinely administered to decrease the likelihood of arterial hypoxemia.

  Academic text (2006)

• Intermittent hypoxemia and hypercapnia also predispose many pathological consequences such as

  Academic text (2018)

• A review of 41 patients whose deaths were directly attributed to anaesthesia concluded that "hypoxemia from hypoventilation and low levels of inspired oxygen appeared to be the chief cause of cardiac arrest."

  Academic text (2003)

• Cor pulmonale develops in some children because of vasoconstriction in pulmonary blood vessels as a result of frequent episodes of hypoxemia during recurrent apnea.

  Academic text (1999)

• Overweight children are at greater risk of developing a number of health problems including type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, high blood lipids, asthma, sleep apnea, chronic hypoxemia, early maturation, and orthopedic problems (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2001).

  Academic text (2015)

• Tissue-related hypoxic injury results from hypoxemia, hypoperfusion, and cytokine-mediated mitochondrial dysfunction termed cytopathic hypoxia 112-116.

  Academic text (2017)

• Patients with respiratory diseases often suffer from hypoxemia, which can lead to serious complications.

• The nurse monitored the patient's oxygen levels closely to detect hypoxemia during the emergency.

Synonyms

D

desaturation

vshypoxemia

• Specialized

1 7.6

A drop in blood oxygen that can be seen on a monitor

is a medical condition of low blood oxygen rather than just a measured drop

A

anoxemia

vshypoxemia

• Specialized

9.9

A very low level of oxygen in the blood that leaves the heart

is low oxygen in the blood generally rather than only arterial

H

hypoxic hypoxia

vshypoxemia

• Specialized

7.9

Low oxygen in the blood because the lungs do not get enough air

is low blood oxygen in general rather than only from lung oxygenation

How Severe

anoxemia

• Specialized

9.9

hypoxemia

• Specialized

1 8.6

Surface Forms

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Etymology