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So my girlfriend was writing a powerpoint project for her nursing class and she wrote that atrial fibrillation results in poor blood oxygen levels.
It never really occurred to me now but other than in later stages of shock where systemic failure sets in with MOD and whatnot, is there any reason hypoxia should occur? I know cold extremities produce false readings on an O2 sat. But in non-respiratory related conditions such as afib is there any reason why a low PO2 would present early on? I suppose after a while you would get pulmonary edema...
Afib, if rapid enough is not pumping sufficient blood to the body. But that blood that makes it out is still oxygenated in the lungs, only less of it makes it way to the lungs to actually acquire oxygen. Right?
Maybe im just forgetting something at the moment... Its hot in my room going nuts lol.
It never really occurred to me now but other than in later stages of shock where systemic failure sets in with MOD and whatnot, is there any reason hypoxia should occur? I know cold extremities produce false readings on an O2 sat. But in non-respiratory related conditions such as afib is there any reason why a low PO2 would present early on? I suppose after a while you would get pulmonary edema...
Afib, if rapid enough is not pumping sufficient blood to the body. But that blood that makes it out is still oxygenated in the lungs, only less of it makes it way to the lungs to actually acquire oxygen. Right?
Maybe im just forgetting something at the moment... Its hot in my room going nuts lol.
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