Acute use of oxygen therapy
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The use of medical orders in acute care oxygen therapy.
The life of every living organism is sustained by the presence of oxygen and the acute deprivation of oxygen will, therefore, result in hypoxia and ultimately death. Although oxygen is normally present in the air, higher concentrations are required to treat many disease processes. Oxygen is therefore considered to be a drug requiring a medical prescription and is subject to any law that covers ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Australian Prescriber
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0312-8008,1839-3942
DOI: 10.18773/austprescr.2015.033