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1. Introduction
1.1. Use
Précise 6000
- for the oxygen enrichment of the air for domestic and clinical oxygen
inhalation therapies. Only for patients whose life functions are not directly and
permanently dependent on a higher oxygen concentration in the air. The oxygen
inhalation therapy, however, should only be carried out after thorough examination by a
physician. Oxygen for medical purposes is a highly effective drug. Wrong application
might cause side effects. The instructions of the physician are to be strictly adhered to.
Every physical disorder has to be reported to the physician in attendance immediately.
Contraindications
An oxygen therapy can only be carried out taking special care in the following cases:
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patients of high age – obesity
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simultaneous ACTH- or glucocorticoid-treatment
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patients with high carbon dioxid concentration in arterial (oxygenrich) blood
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poisoning with substances that reduce breathing.
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breathing control disorders in the central nervous system
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fever
The application of a pure oxygen treatment should not be carried out in case of acute
trouble in breathing (respiratory insufficiency on the base of a chronic obstructive
emphysema bronchitis) because of the impending decrease in ventilation of the lungs.
Side effects
Taking into consideration the contraindications, side effects under normal oxygen
pressure are not to be expected. Patients suffering from insufficient lung ventilation
might encounter a rapid increase of the carbon dioxid value inhaling oxygen.
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No clinically significant symptoms have been diagnosed during treatments with
50% oxygen for up to seven days. 100% oxygen given for 24 hours, however,
leads to cellular and functional lesions of the lungs (cell changes of the
respiratory epithelium, secretion inspissation, restriction of ciliar movement,
atelectasis as well as changes of the minute volume, carbon dioxide dretension
and pulmonial vasodilation)
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This means that generally during treatments carried out over longer periods of
time at 1 at-mosperic excess pressure or at even higher oxygen pressures in the
air, symptoms of poisoning (hypoventilation, acidosis up to development of an
edema of the lungs) are to be expected.
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It is to be observed that decreasing the partial pressure too rapidly can lead to a
critically insufficient oxygen supply (hypoxemia).
Summary of Contents for Precise 6000
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