Hypoxia and Medicine

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Summary: detect mild to moderate hypoxaemia. A high index of clinical suspicion is required and a low threshold for the use of pulse oximetry or blood-gas analysis to confirm this hypoxic state. Figure 1: Sinusoidal breathing pattern. Diagram from Leigh J. Oxygen therapy. Scientific Foundations of Anaesthesia. pp 235-242 PULSE OXIMETRY

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