Manual Conservation of Supplemental Oxygen in Low-Resource Settings During the COVID-19 Pandemic
SUMMARY STATEMENT: Using a simulated adult COVID-19 patient with hypoxemia, we investigated whether caregivers interrupting oxygen flow by manually occluding oxygen tubing with pliers during exhalation can conserve oxygen while maintaining oxygenation. Oxygen pinching reduced oxygen use by 51% to 64...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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NLM (Medline)
2022
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