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The response to hypoxemia in neonates is characterized by:
a) Decrease in breathing followed by apnea
b) Hyperventilation
c) Biphasic response with initial hyperventilation followed by respiratory depression
d) Transient decrease in ventilation followed by hyperventilation
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Answer c.
In contrast to adults, neonates do not have a sustained increase in respiratory efforts in response to hypoxemia or hypercarbia.
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- This question originally printed in the Pediatric Anesthesiology Review Topics kindle book series, and appears courtesy of Naerthwyn Press, LLC.
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