Hypoxia is a condition in which the body or a region of the body is deprived of adequate oxygen supply at the tissue level. Hypoxia may be classified...
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Cerebral hypoxia is a form of hypoxia (reduced supply of oxygen), specifically involving the brain; when the brain is completely deprived of oxygen, it...
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Generalized hypoxia is a medical condition in which the tissues of the body are deprived of the necessary levels of oxygen due to an insufficient supply...
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Hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs) are transcription factors that respond to decreases in available oxygen in the cellular environment, or hypoxia. They...
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Silent hypoxia (also known as happy hypoxia) is generalised hypoxia that does not coincide with shortness of breath. This presentation is known to be a...
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(arterial oxygen saturation) value below 90% causes hypoxia (which can also be caused by anemia). Hypoxia due to low SaO2 is indicated by cyanosis, but oxygen...
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HIF1A (redirect from Hypoxia-inducible factor 1, alpha subunit)
Hypoxia-inducible factor 1-alpha, also known as HIF-1-alpha, is a subunit of a heterodimeric transcription factor hypoxia-inducible factor 1 (HIF-1) that...
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Hypoxemia (redirect from Hypoxemic hypoxia)
term hypoxia is an abnormally low oxygen content in any tissue or organ, or the body as a whole. Hypoxemia can cause hypoxia (hypoxemic hypoxia), but...
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Effects of high altitude on humans (redirect from High altitude medicine)
chronic hypoxia Altitude sickness Altitude tent Aviation medicine Gamow bag Helios Airways Flight 522 High-altitude adaptation Hypoxemia Hypoxia (medical)...
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Inert gas asphyxiation (redirect from Nitrogen hypoxia)
School of Aerospace Medicine. Archived from the original on 16 March 2007. Retrieved 5 March 2015. With [prolonged or acute hypoxia] there may be convulsions...
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Shallow-water blackout is loss of consciousness at a shallow depth due to hypoxia during a dive, which could be the result of any one of significantly differing...
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Erotic asphyxiation (redirect from Autoerotic hypoxia)
Association. Concerning hallucinogenic states brought about by chronic hypoxia, Dr. E. L. Lloyd notes that they may be similar to the hallucinations experienced...
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Hypobaric chamber (category Aviation medicine)
to simulate the effects of high altitude on the human body, especially hypoxia (low oxygen) and hypobaria (low ambient air pressure). Some chambers also...
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Altitude sickness (redirect from High-altitude hypoxia)
"Wheel-well Stowaways Risk Lethal Levels of Hypoxia and Hypothermia" (PDF). Human Factors and Aviation Medicine. 44 (3). Flight Safety Foundation: 2. Archived...
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Freediving blackout (redirect from Hypoxia of ascent)
class of hypoxic blackout, a loss of consciousness caused by cerebral hypoxia towards the end of a breath-hold (freedive or dynamic apnea) dive, when...
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Tumor hypoxia is the situation where tumor cells have been deprived of oxygen. As a tumor grows, it rapidly outgrows its blood supply, leaving portions...
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Intrauterine hypoxia (also known as fetal hypoxia) occurs when the fetus is deprived of an adequate supply of oxygen. It may be due to a variety of reasons...
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Peter J. Ratcliffe (category Nobel laureates in Physiology or Medicine)
for his work on cellular reactions to hypoxia, for which he shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with William Kaelin Jr. and Gregg L....
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Hyperbaric medicine is a medical treatment in which an increase in barometric pressure over ambient pressure is employed increasing the partial pressures...
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Altitude training (category Sports medicine)
training can produce slow recovery due to the stress of hypoxia. Exposure to extreme hypoxia at altitudes above 16,000 feet (5,000 m) can lead to considerable...
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Chapter 33: Dyspnea Chapter 34: Cough Chapter 35: Hemoptysis Chapter 36: Hypoxia and Cyanosis Chapter 37: Edema Chapter 38: Approach to the Patient with...
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Grylls learns about hypoxia during parachute training in 2005 BBC's Inside Out visits the hypobaric chamber to test the effects of hypoxia Price Edward tours...
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Intermittent hypoxia (also known as episodic hypoxia) is an intervention in which a person or animal undergoes alternating periods of normoxia and hypoxia. Normoxia...
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glycoprotein cytokine secreted mainly by the kidneys in response to cellular hypoxia; it stimulates red blood cell production (erythropoiesis) in the bone marrow...
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of Medicine. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine. "Entrez Gene: HIG1 hypoxia inducible...
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sudden (acute), can lead to respiratory failure or cardiac arrest due to hypoxia. The term edema is from the Greek οἴδημα (oidēma, "swelling"), from οἰδέω...
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widely used to assess fetal well-being by identifying babies at risk of hypoxia (lack of oxygen). CTG is mainly used during labour. A review found that...
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Fink effect (redirect from Diffusion hypoxia)
The Fink effect, also known as "diffusion anoxia", "diffusion hypoxia", or the "second gas effect", is a factor that influences the pO2 (partial pressure...
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Hyperoxia (category Underwater diving medicine)
Hyperoxia is the opposite of hypoxia; hyperoxia refers to a state in which oxygen supply to the tissues is excessive, and hypoxia refers to a state in which...
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and other types of trash is common due to a lack of government services. Hypoxia is a significant health problem due to the low air pressure at such high...
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