Accessories for Oxygen Therapy
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The essential accessory for all those who make use of home oxygen therapy is the oximeter
The pulse oximeter is a non-invasive method that provides an immediate measurement of oxygen saturation in arterial blood and immediately detects its sudden variations.
Indications for the use of the oximeter
With the use of the oximeter, the patient can assess whether the flow of oxygen used is capable of maintaining oxygen saturation within the limit recommended by the doctor.
Generally, the objective is to maintain SpO2 greater than 90% during all activities of daily living, which may vary according to each case and pathology.
Both at rest and during activities of daily living, such as bathing, walking, exercising, and even on plane travel, the amount of oxygen flow used at rest is often not sufficient to maintain saturation during these activities, and this can be easily seen at home with the use of an oximeter .
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Patients with chronic lung diseases usually only start to show symptoms of shortness of breath, cyanosis of the extremities when blood oxygen is already far below recommended. In this case, if the patient has an oximeter, he will be able to observe and thus correct the low oxygen level even in the absence of symptoms.
Presence of a heart rate greater than 100 beats per minute or less than 40 beats per minute should be reported immediately to the physician. During a shortness of breath it is possible that the oxygen level is normal. The patient should seek medical attention if the shortness of breath worsens, “wheezing” occurs, or the heart rate increases, even if the SpO2 is normal.