oxygen uptake
collocation in Englishmeaningsofoxygenanduptake
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oxygen
noun[U]
uk/ˈɒk.sɪ.dʒən/us/ˈɑːk.sɪ.dʒən/
a chemical element that is a gas with no smell or colour. Oxygen forms a large part of the air on earth, and is needed by animals and plants ...
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uptake
noun[S or U]
uk/ˈʌp.teɪk/us/ˈʌp.teɪk/
biologyspecialized
the rate or act of taking ...
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(Definition ofoxygenanduptakefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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When a reduction in uterine blood -ow was maintained for 7 days, fetaloxygenuptakewas sustained despite a sizeable decrease in oxygen delivery.
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In steady state, fetaloxygenuptakeis equal to fetal oxygen consumption.
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The six-minute walk test predicts peakoxygenuptakeand survival in patients with advanced heart failure.
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The values obtained were expressed as moloxygenuptake/mg protein/30 min.
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In the analysis, we used the data from the best performance with the highestoxygenuptake.
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At haematocrits <16% or >48%, corresponding to a fetal oxygen delivery <0.6 mmol min71 kg71,oxygenuptakeby the fetus decreased.
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However, even when fetal oxygen delivery was reduced by 50%,oxygenuptakewas kept constant by a compensatory increase in fetal oxygen extraction.
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In most patients, the normal increase inoxygenuptakeoccurred during higher levels of exercise.
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Despite a rise in fractional oxygen extraction, fetaloxygenuptakefell by 43%.
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This involves exercising a patient on a cycle ergometer attached to 12-lead electrocardiography whilst measuringoxygenuptakeand carbon dioxide production.
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Umbilical blood -ow could be reduced by almost half without in-uencing fetaloxygenuptake.
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This degree of cord compression was, however, associated with a fall in fetaloxygenuptake.
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Consequently, it accounted for a smaller proportion of total uterineoxygenuptake(28%) than during normal growth (53%).
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There was, however, a marked reduction in fetaloxygenuptakewhen oxygen delivery was decreased by more than 55% (to <0.5mmol min71 kg71).
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Upon reevaluation heart rate, respiratory rate,oxygenuptake, ventilatory equivalent for oxygen, end-tidal carbon dioxide tension and physiological dead space did not change significantly.
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The reproducibility and correlation between measurements of activity andoxygenuptakewere also analyzed.
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Thus, under normal physiological conditions, the oxygen supply to the fetal lamb is approximately twice that needed to maintain an adequate fetaloxygenuptake.
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Survival andoxygenuptakein osmotically controlled storage.
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In the absence of these factors, both dormant and non-dormant seeds showed similar low levels ofoxygenuptake.
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