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    Latent hypoxia is a condition where the oxygen content of the lungs and arterial blood is sufficient to maintain consciousness at a raised ambient pressure...
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  • Intrauterine hypoxia, when a fetus is deprived of an adequate supply of oxygen Generalized hypoxia is hypoxia distributed amongst all tissues Latent hypoxia is...
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    a rebreather, life support system, or anesthetic machine. Hypoxia of ascent (latent hypoxia) in freediving and rebreather diving. Airway obstruction,...
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  • pressure drops and the gas in the lungs expands to surface volume. See latent hypoxia. constant depth blackout constant pressure blackout isobaric blackout...
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  • pressures induced by depth, leaving the diver in a state of latent hypoxia, with actual cerebral hypoxia inevitable during ascent. Blackout in the shallow stage...
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    factors, including the depth, duration and shape of the dive profile. Latent hypoxia is a specific hazard of deeper freedives. This effect can cause hypoxic...
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      See: Freediving blackout#Terminology and latent hypoxia Loss of consciousness caused by cerebral hypoxia at the end of a deep breath-hold dive during...
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  • and consequent death either directly by cerebral hypoxia, or indirectly by drowning. Latent hypoxia may occur when a breathhold diver surfaces. This is...
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    consciousness caused by cerebral hypoxia towards the end of a breath-hold dive Latent hypoxia – Lung gas and blood oxygen concentration sufficient to support consciousness...
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    partial blocking of breathing in, while breathing out remains easier. latent hypoxia While freediving, an arterial oxygen partial pressure which is sufficient...
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