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Oxygen Therapy : All you need to know

Presented from India by Dr Kishan Srikanth Juvva

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Oxygen therapy is a medical intervention that involves the administration of oxygen at a higher concentration than what is present in ambient air to patients with respiratory or cardiovascular conditions. It is delivered through various methods, including nasal cannulas, oxygen masks, or...

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Oxygen therapy involves supplementing room air with additional oxygen. It's crucial to differentiate between hypoxemia (decreased partial pressure of oxygen in arterial blood) and hypoxia (insufficient oxygen supply to meet tissue demands), with hypoxemia being a type of hypoxia. Long-term oxygen therapy is defined as requiring oxygen for at least 15 hours daily in chronically hypoxemic patients.

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Dr Kishan Srikanth Juvva

Lead Consultant - Interventional Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine, STAR Hospitals, Hyderabad.

Dr. Kishan Srikanth Juvva is a highly accomplished and dedicated Clinical and Interventional Pulmonologist as well as a Sleep Medicine Specialist based in Hyderabad, India. With a remarkable educational background that includes a Master's degree in Interventional Pulmonology from Italy and specialized training in Sleep Medicine, he has earned recognition and numerous awards throughout his career, including securing the All India 2nd rank in NEET-SS