oxygen therapy
Medical air enrichment
Oxygen therapy is the medical administration of supplemental oxygen to patients whose blood oxygen levels are dangerously low.
It's delivered through nasal tubes, face masks, or ventilators: She was put on oxygen therapy after the pneumonia worsened.
The treatment addresses conditions from chronic lung disease to acute respiratory failure.
- cyanosisBlue skin from low oxygen
- spirometryLung airflow assessment
- shortness of breathDifficulty inhaling enough air
- hyperbaric chamberPressurized vessel for oxygen therapy
- nasal cannulaNostril oxygen delivery device
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