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Why do patients suffering from anemia generally not exhibit an increase in respiratory rate or tidal volume?
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∙ 10y ago
The peripheral chemoreceptors (aortic arch and carotid bodies) are only responsive to the partial pressure of O2 in the blood not the oxygen content. Anaemia, due to low haemoglobin levels in the blood, results in low oxygen content while partial pressure of oxygen is still normal, thus the chemoreceptors won't respond
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 10y agoAn increase in respiratory rate or tidal volume may effect the abount of oxygen in the blood. Anemia is not the result of a lack of oxygen, it is the result of blood cells that carry oxygen. The lack of blood carrying oxygen is a symptom, not a disease in an of itself. It can be caused by many things including an insufficient number of red blood cells, a low hemoglobin content and abnormal hemoglobin, just to name a few.
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