anoxia
Hypoxia contributes to resistance to some drugs and radiotherapy.
With generalized hypoxia, the entire body is suffering from inadequate oxygen.
Causes of death were cardiac failure, hypoxia and severe arrhythmias.

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Examples of hypoxia

hypoxia
For example, pre-adaptation to cold may protect against subsequent exposure to ionizing radiation (positive acclimation), but may increase vulnerability to hypoxia (negative acclimation).
Although vasodilatation may improve peripheral blood flow, it may also cause shunting which can result in regional tissue hypoxia.
These results indicate that at least in the acute situation hypoxia alone does not generate the markers of oxidative stress that typify the preeclamptic placenta.
The cave's entrance became buried, and inadequate ventilation caused an episode of hypoxia and carbon monoxide poisoning.
Five infants had hypoxia <40 torr and 5 needed a continuous infusion of epinephrine >1 ng/kg/min.
Five infants had hypoxia <40 torr and 5 needed a continuous infusion of epinephrine >1 tig/kg/min.
Right ventricular dysfunction has been attributed either to persisting high right ventricular afterload or to chronic myocardial hypoxia prior to repair.
Factors that promote cellular dehydration, tissue hypoxia, and leukocyte or endothelial cell activation are all involved in generating vaso-occlusion.
Also, gas exchange is affected, with a reduced awareness of the response to hypoxia and hypercapnia as described later.
Relative hypoxia is a potent vasodilator in the coronary, cerebral, and adrenal beds, but a vasoconstrictor in the pulmonary bed.
In mammals, nitric oxide stimulates increased blood flow to areas where hypoxia occurs.
This exacerbates hypoxia, which can promote tumour angiogenesis by enhancing the production of proangiogenic factors.
End-stage hypoxia in this condition is manifest by a score of either 2/10 or 0/10.
In contrast, the effects of striatal injuries are evident in childhood, and the caudate is highly vulnerable to hypoxia and ischemia.
This process, in addition to sustained or episodic hypotension may induce cerebral hypoperfusion, ischaemia and hypoxia.
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