Main description:

Oxygen therapy is a treatment that provides a patient with extra oxygen to breathe in. It is also called supplemental oxygen. It is only available through a prescription from a health care provider. Patients may receive it in hospital, another medical setting, or at home. Some people only need it for a short period of time. Others will need long-term oxygen therapy.

There are different types of devices that can provide oxygen. Some use tanks of liquid or gas oxygen. Others use an oxygen concentrator, which pulls oxygen out of the air. The oxygen is administered through a nose tube (cannula), a mask, or a tent. The extra oxygen is breathed in along with normal air.

This book is a concise guide to oxygen therapy for clinicians and trainees.

Divided into four sections the text begins with an overview of the basic facts of oxygen, describing the different types and their individual uses in clinical therapy.

Section two discusses the physiology and monitoring of oxygen therapy, and section three covers different devices and delivery systems, and oxygen toxicity (lung damage from breathing in too much extra oxygen).

The final section examines oxygen targets in disease specifics, how the therapy works, and the effects of hypoxia (low oxygen levels in body tissues) and hypoxemia (low oxygen levels in the blood).

Contents:

Section 1: Basic Facts of Oxygen

Industrial Oxygen/Medical Oxygen
Medical Piped Gas Structure Design and Safety Systems/Pin Index Safety
Medical Compressed Gas Cylinders/Handling and Use
Cryogenic Liquid Medical Oxygen
Oxygen Concentrators/Augmentors
Oxygen Hazards and Safety
Audit of Oxygen Usage in Prehospital and Hospital Settings

Section 2: Physiology & Monitoring of Oxygen Therapy

Physiology of Gas Exchange
Goals of Oxygen Therapy
Drive to Breathe and Carbon Dioxide Retention
Oxygen Transport
Oxhemoglobin Dissociation Curve
Diffusion of Oxygen and Factors Affecting Gas Exchange
Pulse Oximetry - Understanding and Limitations
Venous and Arterial Blood Gas Analysis

Section 3: Oxygen Delivery Systems for the Individual Patients

Oxygen Delivery Devices
Humidification
High Flow Oxygen Therapy
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Oxygen Toxicity

Section 4:Oxygen Targets

The Effects of Hypoxia & Hypoxemia
How Does Oxygen Therapy Work?
O2 Therapy and Targets in Disease Specifics