Oxygen therapy
Oxygen is life and falls in the category of essential drug. It is vital for cellular function. Oxygen therapy is the administration of oxygen in acute or chronic conditions above higher concentration than atmospheric air to prevent hypoxemia. The delivery of oxygen depends on various factors. Oxygen...
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| author | Kundan Mittal Amit Jain Teena Bansal Prashant Kumar Anupama Mittal |
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| description | Oxygen is life and falls in the category of essential drug. It is vital for cellular function. Oxygen therapy is the administration of oxygen in acute or chronic conditions above higher concentration than atmospheric air to prevent hypoxemia. The delivery of oxygen depends on various factors. Oxygen is full of advantage but injudicious use or hyperxaemia (FiO2>0.5) may be harmful to human body. Care should be taken while prescribing the oxygen. Hypoxemia should be avoided as such to prevent mortality. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-90b218cb877144fa9046217d27d341372022-12-21T19:21:43ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Pediatric Critical Care2349-65922455-70992018-01-0154606810.21304/2018.0504.00413Oxygen therapyKundan MittalAmit JainTeena BansalPrashant KumarAnupama MittalOxygen is life and falls in the category of essential drug. It is vital for cellular function. Oxygen therapy is the administration of oxygen in acute or chronic conditions above higher concentration than atmospheric air to prevent hypoxemia. The delivery of oxygen depends on various factors. Oxygen is full of advantage but injudicious use or hyperxaemia (FiO2>0.5) may be harmful to human body. Care should be taken while prescribing the oxygen. Hypoxemia should be avoided as such to prevent mortality.http://www.jpcc.org.in/article.asp?issn=2349-6592;year=2018;volume=5;issue=4;spage=60;epage=68;aulast=Mittaloxygendevicesfio2flow |
| spellingShingle | Kundan Mittal Amit Jain Teena Bansal Prashant Kumar Anupama Mittal Oxygen therapy Journal of Pediatric Critical Care oxygen devices fio2 flow |
| title | Oxygen therapy |
| title_full | Oxygen therapy |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Oxygen therapy |
| title_short | Oxygen therapy |
| title_sort | oxygen therapy |
| topic | oxygen devices fio2 flow |
| url | http://www.jpcc.org.in/article.asp?issn=2349-6592;year=2018;volume=5;issue=4;spage=60;epage=68;aulast=Mittal |
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