Hypoxia 5768783 225313420 2008-07-13T01:16:23Z HIF-1A 6175635 {{Infobox_Disease | Name = Hypoxia | Image = | Caption = | DiseasesDB = <!-- no entry --> | ICD10 = | ICD9 = {{ICD9|799.02}} | ICDO = | OMIM = | MedlinePlus = | eMedicineSubj = | eMedicineTopic = | eMedicine_mult = | MeshID = }} {{wiktionary|hypoxia}} {{redirect|Anoxic|the topic in geology and paleobiology|Anoxic event}} '''Hypoxia''' literally means "a deficiency in oxygen." It can refer to: * [[Hypoxia (medical)]], a shortage of oxygen in the body. ''Hypoxaemia'' is the reduction of oxygen specifically in the blood; ''anoxia'' is when there is no oxygen available at all. ** Environmental [[hypobaric]] hypoxia, a condition at [[high altitude]]s such as mountains where the reduced partial pressure of oxygen results in hypoxia. ** [[Ischemia]], a restriction in blood supply (and therefore oxygen supply) to an organ or section of the body, generally due to constriction or blocking of blood vessels. * [[Hypoxia (environmental)]] or oxygen depletion, a reduced concentration of dissolved oxygen in a water body leading to stress and death in aquatic organisms. ** [[Dead zone (ecology)]], or hypoxic zones, hypoxic areas in the world's oceans. ** [[Anoxic sea water]], a condition of abnormally low levels of oxygen in the sea. ** [[Oxygen minimum zone]], the depth in the sea at which the dissolved oxygen level is lowest, or most hypoxic. ===In popular culture=== * '''Hypoxia''' is a song on the album ''[[Spheres 2]]'' by [[Delerium]] * '''[[Hypoxia (band)|Hypoxia]]''' is a [[death metal]] band in [[Santa Rosa]], [[California]] ==See also== * [[Oxygen saturation]], a relative measure of the oxygen dissolved or carried in a medium; a measure of the severity of hypoxic conditions. * [[Oxygen toxicity]] (hyperoxia), the opposite condition of hypoxia, an excess of oxygen in body tissues. * [[Time of Useful Consciousness]], a measure of how quickly hypoxia renders a person incapable of normal thought. * [[Respiratory Acidosis]], a decrease in physiological pH due to hypoventilation or decrease in gas exchange by alveoli {{disambig}} [[de:Hypoxie]] [[lt:Hipoksija]] [[nl:Hypoxie]]