Diffusion hypoxia

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Diffusion hypoxia , also known as nitrous oxide anesthesia , is a medical term from the field of anesthesiology . It is characterized by a decrease in the oxygen concentration or voltage and an increase in nitrous oxide concentration in the alveoli in (alveoli), which is brought about by back-diffusion of nitrous oxide from the blood at the completion of anesthesia. This and the resulting lack of oxygen can be avoided by breathing with oxygen.

literature

  • H. Schubothe: Changes in atmospheric pressure and damage and diseases caused by a lack of oxygen. In: Ludwig Heilmeyer (ed.): Textbook of internal medicine. Springer-Verlag, Berlin / Göttingen / Heidelberg 1955; 2nd edition, ibid. 1961, pp. 1184–1191, here: p. 1189: Acute asphyxia as a result of oxygen deficiency breathing (airborne hypoxydosis of the central nervous system).