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Asphyxia

Known as: Suffocation, Asphyxia [Disease/Finding], Asphyxiation 
A state of general hypoxia and hypercapnea, resulting in acidosis, which affects all tissues in the body.
National Institutes of Health

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AnoxemiaAnoxiaCarbon DioxideCarbon Dioxide 99 % Gas for Inhalation

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Respiration Disorders

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Highly Cited
2014
Highly Cited
2014
Alveolar Macrophages Are Essential for Protection from Respiratory Failure and Associated Morbidity following Influenza Virus Infection
Alveolar macrophages (AM) are critical for defense against bacterial and fungal infections. However, a definitive role of AM in… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Surveillance for violent deaths--National Violent Death Reporting System, 16 states, 2005.
PROBLEM/CONDITION An estimated 50,000 persons die annually in the United States as a result of violence-related injuries. This… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
The Evolution of Quorum Sensing in Bacterial Biofilms
Bacteria have fascinating and diverse social lives. They display coordinated group behaviors regulated by quorum-sensing systems… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Airway stenting for malignant and benign tracheobronchial stenosis.
Review
2001
Review
2001
The Rise of Dispersed Ownership: The Roles of Law and the State in the Separation of Ownership and Control
id=206448. 121. Ironically, economic analysis today regards the issuance of nonvoting common stock as essentially innocuous, as… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
Responding to Intractable Terminal Suffering: The Role of Terminal Sedation and Voluntary Refusal of Food and Fluids
Palliative care, which addresses the multiple physical, psychosocial, and spiritual dimensions of suffering, should be the… 
Review
1995
Review
1995
Na+ channels as targets for neuroprotective drugs.
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Doppler measurements of fetal and uteroplacental circulations: relationship with umbilical venous blood gases measured at cordocentesis.
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
The 1986 Lake Nyos Gas Disaster in Cameroon, West Africa
The sudden, catastrophic release of gas from Lake Nyos on 21 August 1986 caused the deaths of at least 1700 people in the… 
Highly Cited
1960
Highly Cited
1960
Somatosensory Changes after Penetrating Brain Wounds in Man
input and beginning glimpses into the waking brain's methods for sorting and processing sensory' events, these new approaches may… 
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