Hypoxima - What Is the Most Common Cause of Hypoxia?

The most common one in anestasild is our claps. If you have someone who's hypoemic, and you're increasing the air file too, and you don't see their saturations increase, more than likely, the cause of o hypoxima is going to be vic mis match. You can actually correct the partial pressure of oxygen with higher amounts of fi two. And then one of the interesting things is that often you'll get asked about p a c o pa c o two. Why doesn't the arterial c o two content increase as well? Because you're not exhaling enough.

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