Hypoxia

Learn how a small device, the pulse oximeter, can help to determine whether a person is suffering from hypoxia, a condition in which his or her cells are starved for oxygen.

The NOAA has granted $330,000 to the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science to fund a five-year, $1.8 million project focusing on hypoxia in the Chesapeake and Delaware bays.

Hypoxia is a disease in which there is an overall lack of oxygen content within the body's tissue and vital human organs (specifically the brain).

Asphyxia means a person has been deprived of oxygen for several different reasons. My article explains more.

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