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Chapter 38 -- Medical Gas Therapy

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Oxygen toxicity

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- Primarily affects lungs and central nervous system
- Determining factors include PO2 and exposure time
- Prolonged exposure to high FIO2 can cause infiltrates in lung parenchyma

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Depression of ventilation

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Occurs in COPD patients with chronic hypercapnia.

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Retinopathy of prematurity

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Excessive blood O2 levels cause retinal vasoconstriction and necrosis.

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Absorption atelectasis

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- Can occur with FIO2 and above 0.50
- Patients breathing small tidal volumes at greater risk

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Fire hazard

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- Fires in O2 enriched environments continue to occur
- Practitioners in surgery suites and in presence of hyperbaric O2 therapy need to be most careful

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Three basic designs of O2 delivery systems

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1. Low-flow systems.
2. Reservoir systems.
3. High-flow systems.

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Nasal cannula

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- Delivers FIO2 of 0.24 to 0.40
- Used with flow rates of 1/4 to 8 L/min
- FIO2 depends on how much room air patient inhales in addition to O2
- Device is usually well-tolerated

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Nasal catheter

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- Used at flows of 1/4 to 8 L/min
- Delivers FIO2 of 0.22 to 0.45
- Rarely used in modern health care facilities today
- Has been replaced by nasal cannula

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Trans-tracheal catheter

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- Surgically placed in trachea through neck by physician
- Uses 40-60% less O2 to achieve same PaO2 by nasal cannula
- Used with flow rates of 1/4 to 4 L/min
- Requires careful maintenance and cleaning
- Complications such as infection are possible

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Reservoir cannula

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- Designed to conserve oxygen
- Nasal and pendent reservoir
- Can reduce as much as 50-75%
- Humidification usually not necessary

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Increases FIO2

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- Higher 02 input
- Mouth-closed breathing
- Low inspiratory flow
- Low tidal volume
- Slow rate of breathing
- Small minute ventilation
- Long inspiratory time
- High I:E ratio

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Decreases FIO2

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- Lower O2 input
- Mouth-open breathing
- High inspiratory flow
- High tidal volume
- Fast rate of breathing
- Large minute ventilation
- Short inspiratory time
- Low I:E ratio

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Reservoir masks

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- Most commonly used reservoir systems
- Three types:
1. Simple mask.
2. Partial re-breathing mask
3. Non re-breathing mask.

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High flow systems

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- Supply given O2 concentration at flow equaling or exceeding patient's peak inspiratory flo
- Can ensure fixed FIO2
- Most suitable for patients requiring precise FIO2, with higher or variable minute ventilation
- Include air-entrainment or blending systms (Venturi masks or air-entrainment nebulizers)

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Enclosures

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- Oxygen hood (oxyhood) is generally the bet method for delivering controlled oxygen to infants
- Incubators (isolette) can be used in conjuction with oxyhood
- Regulating cooling and FIO2 can be difficult in an oxygen tent

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High flow nasal cannula

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Provide high FIO2, high relative humidity, and positive pressure

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Demand and pulse

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Dose systems conserve by providing flow during inspiration only

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Bag-mask device

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Provide 100% FIO2 often during emergencies

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Methods of administration

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- HBO is administered in either multiplace or monoplace chamber
- Multiplace chamber can hold 12 or more people
- Monoplace chamber can hold only 1 patient

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Two most common acute conditions

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1. Air embolism.
2. Carbon monoxide poisoning.

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Nitric oxide therapy

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- Improves blood flow to lung
- Reduces shunting
- Improves oxygenation
- Decreases pulmonary vascular resistance
- Low cost alternative drug therapies, including inhaled epoprostenol sodium, are gaining popularity

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Helium-oxygen therapy

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- Value of helium as therapeutic gas is based solely on its low density
- Can decrease work of breathing for patients with airway obstruction (i.e. asthma, croup, etc.)

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Heliox therapy guidelines

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- Helium must always be mixed with O2
- Heliox can be prepared at bedside or used from premixed cylinders
- In general, heliox should be delivered to patients via tight-fitting non re-breathing mask with high flow

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Heliox therapy troubleshooting and hazards

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- Poor vehicle for aerosol transport
- Reduces effectiveness of coughing
- Badly distorts patient's voice
- Hypoxemia can be problem

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Carbogen therapy

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Used for:
- Hiccups
- Carbon monoxide poisoning
- Preventing complete washout of CO2 during cardiopulmonary bypass
- Available in mixtures of 5%:95% or 7%:93%