Question

The body of a patient with copd may use low blood oxygen as the factor to stimulate her to breathe, a condition called _______________

Answer 1

Respiratory depression, or respiratory arrest. This condition may occur in a patient undergoing a hypoxic drive. They lose the ability to use Carbon Dioxide receptors and resort to Oxygen chemoreceptors instead. Thus, the increase of oxygen in the body decreases the rate of respiration.