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Oxygenation: Pneumonia - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Fluid and exudate builds up in alveoli pockets from by-products of bacteria cellular metabolism and dead WBCs
        
        Partial obstruction from secretions and mucosal edema decreases surface area of alveoli and available tissue for gas exchange to occur
        
        Deoxygenated blood flowing into lungs unable to exchange carbon dioxide for oxygen, causing build-up of arterial carbon dioxide while depriving tissue of oxygen
        
        Hypoxia and hypoxemia develops