Oxygen
Description: | - Decompression illness added to the high levels of supplemental oxygen for adults with critical illnesses table.- Patients over 50 years of age who are long-term smokers with a history of exertional breathlessness and no other known cause of breathlessness should be treated as having COPD.- Target saturation for patients with paraquat or bleomycin poisoning are 85–88%. |
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Date Update Posted Online: | September 7, 2017 |
Book: | Reference Edition |
Section Title: | Oxygen |
Guidelines Print Date: | September 20, 2017 |