Abstract:4 different methods of nasal oxygen insufflation were studied in healthy adults and patients with broncho-pulmonary diseases: (1) O2-delivery by short double nasal catheter; (2) O2-delivery by short single nasal catheter; (3) O2-delivery by long nasopharyngeal catheter; (4) O2-delivery by short nasal catheter with compress (method of Poulsen). Results. In healthy adults and in hypoxemic patients the methods 3 and 4 yielded significantly higher values of arterial pO Show more
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