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Hyperoxia vs Hypoxemia - What's the difference?

hyperoxia | hypoxemia |

As nouns the difference between hyperoxia and hypoxemia

is that hyperoxia is (pathology) a condition caused by an excess of oxygen in tissues and organs while hypoxemia is (medicine) an abnormal deficiency in the concentration of oxygen in the blood, be it the partial pressure of oxygen (mm hg), the content of oxygen (ml oxygen per dl of blood) or the per cent saturation of the blood's hemoglobin, singly or in combination.

hyperoxia

English

Noun

(-)
  • (pathology) A condition caused by an excess of oxygen in tissues and organs.

    • Derived terms

    * hyperoxic

    See also

    * hypoxia * normoxia

    hypoxemia

    English

    (wikipedia hypoxemia)

    Alternative forms

    * hypoxaemia

    Noun

  • (medicine) An abnormal deficiency in the concentration of oxygen in the blood, be it the partial pressure of oxygen (mm Hg), the content of oxygen (ml oxygen per dl of blood) or the per cent saturation of the blood's hemoglobin, singly or in combination.
  • * 1984 . Alan Morris, Richard Kanner, Robert Crapo, Reed Gardner, Clinical Pulmonary Function Testing. A manual of uniform laboratory procedures , 2nd edition:
    • The most profound abnormality determines the oxygen deficiency category ... of hypoxemia .