RT Book, Section A1 Collo Go, Ronaldo A1 Dziura, Maureen A1 Chami, Hala El A1 Qawi, Imrana A2 Go, Ronaldo Collo SR Print(0) ID 1160186202 T1 Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure T2 Critical Care Examination and Board Review YR 2019 FD 2019 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9781259834356 LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1160186202 RD 2024/03/28 AB Hypoxia occurs when tissues do not receive adequate oxygen to meet their metabolic demands. It is nonspecific and can mean reduced arterial partial pressure of oxygen (PaO2; hypoxemic hypoxia), reduced hemoglobin for oxygen transportation (anemic hypoxia), decreased cardiac output or regional decrease in perfusion (stagnant hypoxia), disarray in cellular metabolism of oxygen such as in cyanide (histotoxic hypoxia), or mitochondrial dysfunction in sepsis (cytopathic dysoxia).1