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Inadequate delivery of oxygen to the tissues is known as:
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Hypoxia
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The medical name for a low level of oxygen in the blood:
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Hypoxemia
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Physiologic______ occurs when blood passes through areas of the lung that have no ventilation:
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Shunting
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______-_______ Imbalances are the most common cause of low blood oxygen in patients with lung disease:
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Ventilation -- perfusion
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Patients with pulmonary fibrosis have a/an ________ defect that results in low blood oxygen levels:
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Diffusion
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A low blood pressure results in _____and poor tissue oxygen delivery:
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Shock
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Myocardial infarction is an example of______, a localized reduction in blood flow to tissues that can result in tissue death:
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Ischemia
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Increased______ space ventilation may result in increased levels of carbon dioxide in the blood:
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Dead
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Drug overdose, may result in an inadequate ____or____ventilation. Due to central nervous system depression:
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Minute or alveolar
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Patients with severe COPD are unable to maintain adequate ventilation due to____-____ imbalances:
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Ventilation -- perfusion
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