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Oxygen therapy is one of the most common forms of treatment in patients with respiratory distress. The main purpose of oxygen therapy is to increase alveolar oxygen tension and increase oxygen diffusion. This may be achieved by traditional oxygen delivery systems, or by using nasal high flow. In recent years, nasal high flow is gaining popularity in the setting of acute hypoxemic respiratory failure, due to the physiologic benefits of application of heated and humidified gasses with flows approaching 60 L/min. In this chapter, the use of oxygen in elderly patients and at the end of life is discussed. |
