Hypoxemia

Hypoxemia
Hypoxemia
Other names	Hypoxaemia
	Blood with higher oxygen content appears bright red
Specialty	Pulmonology

Hypoxemia (also spelled hypoxaemia) is an abnormally low level of oxygen in the blood.^[1]^[2] More specifically, it is oxygen deficiency in arterial blood.^[3] Hypoxemia is usually caused by pulmonary disease. Sometimes the concentration of oxygen in the air is decreased leading to hypoxemia.

^ Pollak CP, Thorpy MJ, Yager J (2010). The encyclopedia of sleep and sleep disorders (3rd ed.). New York, NY. p. 104. ISBN 9780816068333.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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^ Eckman M (2010). Professional guide to pathophysiology (3rd ed.). Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 208. ISBN 978-1605477664.

[1] Pollak CP, Thorpy MJ, Yager J (2010). The encyclopedia of sleep and sleep disorders (3rd ed.). New York, NY. p. 104. ISBN 9780816068333.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[MARTIN1999-2] Cite error: The named reference MARTIN1999 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[3] Eckman M (2010). Professional guide to pathophysiology (3rd ed.). Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 208. ISBN 978-1605477664.

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