Handbook of Oxygen Therapy

by Kapil Zirpe, Atul P Kulkarni, Subhal B Dixit, Shilpushp Bhosale, Khalid Ismail Khatib

The present handbook on oxygen therapy is a comprehensive effort to delineate various aspects of oxygen therapy. The book itself is nicely divided into four sections. Section 1 of this book deals with the basics of oxygen purity, storage distribution, and safety of oxygen. With multiple incidents of fires in hospitals claiming lives, safety becomes the most critical aspect. It is equally important to distribute oxygen to multiple wards and the ICU to justify oxygen usage. Section 2 of the book talks about the physiological effects of oxygen therapy and the basics of gas exchange. This gives us insights into oxygen therapy. It also speaks about targets in oxygen therapy and preventing oxygen toxicity. Section 3 describes various oxygen delivery systems. During COVID epidemic, role of high flow oxygen therapy became the therapy of choice. Before this mode was underutilized. It is explained in this chapter how to use various delivery systems, ranging from a nasal catheter to intubation and ventilator in a graduated manner, without creating unnecessary and unsupervised oxygen toxicity. Final section 4 describes the effect of hypoxia on various organ systems and how to revert it by using oxygen therapy. The mechanism of this therapy is described in detail. Thus, this book will be a one-stop guide for oxygen therapy in a variety of disorders for physicians.

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