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hypoxia
- Sinônimos
- hypobaric hypoxia
- hypoxia at high altitudes
- in-flight hypoxia
- tissue hypoxia
- Definição1
- State of oxygen deficiency in the body sufficient to impair functions of the brain and other organs.
- Fonte1
- FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION. Aircraft flying handbook. Washington, 2004. Disponível em: http://www.faa.gov/library/manuals/aircraft/media/FAA-H-8083-5.pdf. Acesso em: 09 maio 2012.
- Fonte2
- INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. Manual of aircraft accident and incident investigation. Part III: investigation. 1st ed. Montreal, 2011. (Doc. 9756)
- Contexto
- For example, a deviation from the flight path might indicate a need for an examination for carbon monoxide intoxication; a suspect pressurization system might indicate a need to confirm or exclude hypoxia as a cause of the accident.
- Subárea1
- Aviation Medicine
- Português
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