Tag: Shock

  • Hypoxia: Critical but Often Poorly Understood Concepts

    Hypoxia: Critical but Often Poorly Understood Concepts

    Hypoxemic Hypoxia Arterial hypoxemia almost always points to either a reduction of the inspired oxygen tension or to a lung problem. When troubleshooting a hypoxemic patient, it sometimes helps to investigate the problem by breaking it down in an organized and stepwise fashion: Hardware and access issues: these are more or less obvious plumbing problems which…