Hypoxemia | |
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Other names | Hypoxaemia |
Blood with higher oxygen content appears bright red | |
Specialty | Pulmonology |
Hypoxemia is an abnormally low level of oxygen in the blood.[1][2] More specifically, it is oxygen deficiency in arterial blood.[3] Hypoxemia has many causes, and often causes hypoxia as the blood is not supplying enough oxygen to the tissues of the body.
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