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