Hypoxia is low levels of oxygen in your body tissues, causing confusion, bluish skin, and changes in breathing and heart rate. It can be life-threatening but is treatable.

Jun 15, 2022 · If your blood has low levels of oxygen, it can’t deliver enough oxygen to your organs and tissues that need it to keep working (hypoxia). This can damage your heart or …

Mar 8, 2024 · In cerebral hypoxia, your brain doesn’t get enough oxygen. That can happen if you can’t breathe or if something prevents blood, which carries oxygen, from getting to your brain.

Mar 15, 2023 · Respiratory failure is a condition where you don’t have enough oxygen in the tissues in your body (hypoxia) or when you have too much carbon dioxide in your blood …

Sep 8, 2023 · Neonatal encephalopathy. Perinatal hypoxia. What are the types of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy? A healthcare provider will grade HIE based on your child’s …

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Feb 21, 2025 · Apnea-Hypopnea Index (AHI) The apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) is a scale to help providers diagnose and rank the severity of obstructive sleep apnea. It identifies how many …

Jun 24, 2025 · Advertisement What are the complications of hepatopulmonary syndrome? Hepatopulmonary syndrome may cause hypoxemic hypoxia. This is low oxygen levels in your …

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Hypercapnia Hypercapnia (hypercarbia) is when you have high levels of carbon dioxide in your blood. Carbon dioxide is a waste product that your body gets rid of when you exhale. If you …