Oxygen therapy, also called supplemental oxygen, is the use of oxygen as a medical treatment. Acute indications include hypoxemia, carbon monoxide toxicity and cluster headache, and it may also be given prophylactically to maintain blood oxygen levels during the induction of anesthesia. It is often useful in chronic hypoxemia caused by conditions such as severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or cystic fibrosis. Oxygen can be delivered at normal atmospheric pressure by nasal cannula, face mask or endotracheal intubation, in a hyperbaric chamber, or by bypassing the airway entirely, as in ECMO therapy.
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Oxygen therapy, also referred to as supplemental oxygen, is the use of oxygen as medical treatment.
2. Oxygen Therapy (Wikipedia)
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The medical use of oxygen first became common around 1917, and is the most common hospital treatment in the developed world.
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