Inhalation, in a concentration of 40-60%, in a mixture with air, in an amount of 4-5 l / min.
In newborns the oxygen concentration in the inhaled mixture should not exceed 40% (the risk of retrolental fibroplasia).
In elderly patients with chronic bronchitis, the inhaled oxygen concentration should be increased by 1% and not exceed 30% (most often).
Inhalation is carried out through masks or tubes, attached by means of special devices to a cylinder with oxygen, or using rubber cushions.
To introduce oxygen in high and low concentrations, different equipment is used. The minimum concentration of oxygen should not be lower than its content in atmospheric air (20.9%).
Systems for inhalation with a fixed concentration of oxygen (regardless of the patient's breathing attempts): high flow - masks that provide oxygen supply at a high flow rate; low flow - anesthesia contours. In these systems, the oxygen concentration is set by the doctor.
Systems for inhalation, providing oxygen supply in various concentrations (depending on the patient's inspiration): without recirculation - catheters and cannulas; with recirculation - oxygen masks. These systems work only in conditions of self-breathing of the patient. At the same time, the oxygen content of the gas mixture depends on the condition of the patient and the device used.
With a weakening of breathing in the postoperative period, with poisoning, intoxications use 100% oxygen or a mixture of carbonic acid.
Hyperbaric oxygenation
The procedure is carried out in special pressure chambers. For therapeutic purposes, apparatuses (single-chamber cells) are used that create an oxygen pressure of 1.2-1.6-2 atm.Conduct 1 session per day (40-60 min), treatment course 8-10 sessions. With peptic ulcer of the stomach and duodenum, chronic hepatitis is injected under a pressure of 0.7-1 excess atm. (sessions for 45 minutes); course of treatment - 15 sessions.
Hypoxicotherapy
Special training that leads to oxygen deficiency (normobaric hypoxia) by using gas mixtures with a reduced oxygen content to create artificial hypoxia (at normal atmospheric pressure).