Guddi Laishram
Dr, Department of Community Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Sawangi, Wardha, Maharashtra, IndiaPublications
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Review Article
Oxygen Therapy in COVID-19
Author(s): Netra Mankar and Guddi Laishram*
One of the main causes of death in COVID-19 is hypoxia which occurs due to damage to the lungs. For this damage we need to give a patient oxygen therapy which is essential for saving the life. In the following article we have given information about different oxygen therapy and combinations which shows improvement in patient’s status. Prone ventilation has also shown beneficial effect in homogeneous ventilation and can be performed at home based management. With the help of dual therapy and nocturnal therapy we have focused on benefits which have been noticed while using this therapy. By comparing risk benefit ratio high flow nasal cannula and non-invasive ventilation has gotten more attention as these proven to be machine of need. As numbers of cases rises suddenly intubation is not possible due to increased risk of transmission of infection so in early pha.. Read More»