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Re:Open-source “pandemic ventilator” by _Microft on Saturday February 29, 2020 @07:04PM (#22454148)
It is not hypoxemia that is detected, the regulation of breathing depends on the level of carbon dioxide in the blood instead.
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Re:Open-source “pandemic ventilator” by nradov on Saturday February 29, 2020 @07:30PM (#22454252)
There is also a hypoxic breathing drive but it is weaker than the hypercapnic drive.
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