The effects of oxygen inhalation for 48 h on the antioxidant capacity of lungs, livers, and brains in normal and vitamin E-deficient rats at various ages were examined. The activity levels of catalase, glutathione peroxidase, and superoxide dismutase, and the level of vitamin E in tissue homogenates were assayed as the indices of antioxidant capacity. Oxygen inhalation mostly decreased antioxid...

A 69-year-old man with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) was on amblatory oxygen inhalation therapy (3 L/min) and scheduled for percutaneous transluminal pulmonary angioplasty (PTPA). The patient's New York Heart Association functional status was class III with recent worsening of dyspnea and apparent leg edema. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed right ventricular enlar...

This study aims to identify the effectiveness of therapeutic play on anxiety level children receiving inhalation therapy. The method used is a systematic review using PICO strategy Scopus, Science Direct, Clinical Key, and Proquest databases. results showed that effectively reduced eliminated in during therapy procedures. In conclusion, non-pharmacological nurses can do who experience due proce...

BACKGROUND Potential benefits or risks of oxygen inhalation for patients with acute myocardial infarction are not fully understood. OBJECTIVE We performed this study to systematically assess the effectiveness and safety of oxygen therapy for patients with acute myocardial infarction. DESIGN A systematic review and meta-analysis. DATA SOURCES We searched randomized controlled trials system...

Hyperbaric medicine is the fascinating use of barometric pressure for delivering increased oxygen dissolved in plasma to body tissues. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HOT) or hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) involves intermittent inhalation of 100% oxygen under a pressure exceeding that of the atmosphere, that is greater than 1 atmosphere absolute (ATA). Therapy is given in special therapeutic chambers which...

More accurate methods for monitoring cerebral blood flow, oxygen, and glucose metabolism with results of their application in human volunteers are described. Subjects with various types of cerebral vascular disease showed decreased cerebral blood flow and oxygen and glucose metabolism but anaerobic glycolysis appeared to be increased. Inhalation of 100% oxygen decreased anaerobic glycolysis, an...

More accurate methods for monitoring cerebral blood flow, oxygen, and glucose metabolism with results of their application in human volunteers are described. Subjects with various types of cerebral vascular disease showed decreased cerebral blood flow and oxygen and glucose metabolism but anaerobic glycolysis appeared to be increased. Inhalation of 100% oxygen decreased anaerobic glycolysis, an...

Inhaled anticholinergics may be the first-line therapy for stable COPD. However, the effect of inhaled anticholinergic agents on exercise capacity is still controversial. Fourteen patients with stable COPD (age, 64.6 +/- 5.9 years) completed a randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled crossover trial. All the patients were studied by symptom-limited progressive cycle ergometry before and 90 m...

BACKGROUND Home oxygen therapy is a mainstay of treatment for patients with various cardiopulmonary diseases. In spite of warnings against smoking while using home oxygen, many patients sustain burn injuries. OBJECTIVES We aimed to quantify the morbidity and mortality of such patients admitted to our regional burn unit over a 6-year period. METHODS A retrospective chart review of all patien...