Open AccessSupplemental oxygen therapy: Important considerations in oral and maxillofacial surgery
Author(s) -
Virendra Singh,
Pallav Gupta,
Shruti Khatana,
Amrish Bhagol
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
national journal of maxillofacial surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-3418
pISSN - 0975-5950
DOI - 10.4103/0975-5950.85846
Subject(s) - medicine , oral and maxillofacial surgery , perioperative , intensive care medicine , oral surgical procedures , oral surgery , sepsis , oxygen therapy , clinical practice , surgery , anesthesia , physical therapy
The administration of supplemental oxygen is an essential element of appropriate management for a wide range of clinical conditions; crossing different medical and surgical specialities. The present review summarizes the role of supportive oxygen therapy in various clinical conditions encountered in our day-to-day practice in the speciality of oral and maxillofacial surgery; including major trauma, shock, sepsis; perioperative and postoperative considerations and in patients with various other medical comorbidities. Regular and judicious use of oxygen as a drug is thus recommended in our day-to-day practice in oral and maxillofacial surgery to reduce the morbidity and improve the prognosis of patients.