Sentences with phrase «oxygen in the blood drops»

In rare instances, benzocaine can cause methemoglobinemia, a serious condition in which the amount of oxygen in the blood drops dangerously low.

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For example, how is that a sea lion, once they enter the water, that it's heart rate drops, blood vessels constrict, and lungs begins to collapse, whereby blood flows as usual to the heart and brain, but less reaches non-vital organs for swimming, and are now able to draw on oxygen in the muscles and blood?

Some birthing people will experience a sudden drop in their blood pressure after getting the epidural, resulting in oxygen and other medicines» being administered.

Although the drop in blood pressure is unlikely to harm the mother, the concern is that if a pregnant woman's oxygen levels drop, her baby's might too.

In rare cases, the drop in blood pressure is severe enough to reduce heart output, lower oxygen going to the brain, and cause faintinIn rare cases, the drop in blood pressure is severe enough to reduce heart output, lower oxygen going to the brain, and cause faintinin blood pressure is severe enough to reduce heart output, lower oxygen going to the brain, and cause fainting.

In a 2009 study, researchers at Harvard's MassGeneral Hospital for Children as well as other institutions analyzed the blood oxygen levels of newborns when they were placed in cribs versus car seats and found that nearly one - quarter of the time that the babies were in car seats, their oxygen saturation levels (the ratio of oxygen - saturated hemoglobin to total hemoglobin in their blood) dropped below 95 percent, the cutoff for what is considered normaIn a 2009 study, researchers at Harvard's MassGeneral Hospital for Children as well as other institutions analyzed the blood oxygen levels of newborns when they were placed in cribs versus car seats and found that nearly one - quarter of the time that the babies were in car seats, their oxygen saturation levels (the ratio of oxygen - saturated hemoglobin to total hemoglobin in their blood) dropped below 95 percent, the cutoff for what is considered normain cribs versus car seats and found that nearly one - quarter of the time that the babies were in car seats, their oxygen saturation levels (the ratio of oxygen - saturated hemoglobin to total hemoglobin in their blood) dropped below 95 percent, the cutoff for what is considered normain car seats, their oxygen saturation levels (the ratio of oxygen - saturated hemoglobin to total hemoglobin in their blood) dropped below 95 percent, the cutoff for what is considered normain their blood) dropped below 95 percent, the cutoff for what is considered normal.

Hemoglobin is the main constituent of red blood cells and allows the cells to pick up oxygen from the lungs and drop it off in tissues throughout the body, from the brain to the muscles.

This happens because the loss of blood flow in a vessel causes the local oxygen level to drop, which stimulates local production of vascular endothelial growth factor, or VEGF, a protein which in most tissues causes the growth of new blood vessels to repair damage.

The normal job of the carotid body, nestled in the carotid artery, is to signal your brain to step up your breathing if your blood oxygen concentrations drop too low.

However, it's challenging to achieve just the right anesthetic dosage — enough to cause typical sleep - related obstruction without causing prolonged unconsciousness or causing a deep drop in blood oxygen level (oxygen saturation).

The simplified technique requires no special expertise and limits drops in blood oxygen level during testing.

The ramp - control DISE technique is efficient, administering just enough anesthetic to produce the desired level of sedation within a few minutes; and safe, with relatively small drops in blood oxygen saturation level.

It's easy to «overshoot» the anesthetic dose; this may lead to drops in oxygen saturation, requiring airway support steps to maintain the patient's blood oxygen level.

The subjects also experienced hypoxic effects, as cessations in breathing cause blood oxygen saturation levels to drop, possibly triggering optic nerve damage that can lead to glaucoma.

This happens because the loss of blood flow in a blood vessel causes the local oxygen level to drop, which stimulates local production of vascular endothelial growth factor, or VEGF, a protein that in most tissues causes the growth of new blood vessels to repair damage.

Shock is a life - threatening condition in which blood pressure drops and not enough blood and oxygen can get to organs.

«Within just one day of smoking, almost all of the nicotine is out of your bloodstream, and the level of carbon monoxide in your blood has dropped and more oxygen can reach your heart and muscles,» says general practitioner Dr Ronald McCoy.

Studies show this natural stimulant works by reducing «apnea,» or pauses in preemies» breathing, and staving off intermittent drops in their blood oxygen levels.

When the quantity of oxygen in an indoor space is too low, heart rate and blood pressure slightly increase, and blood sugar drops; we feel drowsy, irritable, low energy, and in need of a boost.

When oxygen levels in the blood drop, your body responds by releasing stress hormones and partially waking you up ---- as many as 400 times a night.

But it is thought that the sudden drop in prostaglandin blood levels after birth (much of the prostaglandins was made in the infants placenta), an increase in the infants blood oxygen level as its lungs begin to function and decreased resistance to blood flow as the infant's lungs fully expand drive the closure process.