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What is the back up system of respiratory control?
Hypoxic Drive
What is the primary respiratory drive for a patient with COPD?
Hypoxic drive.
What does the term hypoxic mean in medicine?
Hypoxia is when your body is deprived of an adequate amount of oxygen. It can cause altitude sickness in people at high altitudes which can be potentially fatal.
What is Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy?
Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy, also known as perinatal asphyxia, is acute brain injury due to asphyxia. It is often caused by systemic hypoxemia or reduced cerebral blood flow.
What are the primary factors contributing to oncosis in hypoxic injury?
Sodium movement into the cell.
What disease is present from birth usually due to hypoxic insult to the brain?
cerebral palsy
When administering supplemental oxygen to a hypoxic patient with chronic lung disease you should?
Kdldld
What does it mean to say a person is hypoxic?
When a person has hypoxia it means that they have not had the right amount of oxygen in their body. This causes the person to have more problems with their health and it can cause an individuals nervous system to become damaged.
When do muscles undergo fermentation when?
During hypoxic conditions when they cannot get enough oxygen.
Are there cures for Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy?
There are treatments for hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy. Treatments can include: • Life-sustaining treatment when brain function has stopped • Mechanical ventilation to sustain breathing • Treatment to maintain heart function and control blood pressure • Medications and general anesthesia to control seizures • Cooling blankets to reduce the body's temperature Check out this link, that you might find helpful: http://www.tomkileylaw.com/library/hypoxic-ischemic-encephalopathy-in-massachusetts.cfm
A patient who is suspected of being hypoxic and is breathing adequately should be given supplemental oxygen with a?
nasall canula
What is formed when a decaying plants use up the available oxygen in a body of water?
A hypoxic or anoxic zone
