Oxygen therapy

  • Mayuri Gupta Resident, Department of Anaesthesiology & Critical Care, BPS Govt Medical College, Khanpur Kalan, Sonipat, Haryana, India.
  • Pranav Bansal Professor & Head, Department of Anaesthesiology & Critical Care, BPS Govt Medical College, Khanpur Kalan, Sonipat, Haryana, India.
  • Shivani Sharma Professor, Dept of Physiology, Medical University of the Americas, St. Kitts & Nevis, USA.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.35975/apic.v24i2.1267

Abstract

A 55-year old male patient with history of smoking for the past 30-years presents to emergency room with complains of respiratory distress since 2-days. On examination his respiratory rate is 30/min with accessory muscles of respiration at work. His SpO2 is 82% on room air. He is administered O2 via face mask with reservoir bag @ 5 L/min and improvement in SpO2 observed is 90%. His is therefore administered a trial of BIPAP and his condition stabilizes over next few hours.

Published
06-24-2020
Issue
Vol 24 No 2 (2020): April 2020
Section
Cliniquiz