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Mom 86yrs bedridden dementia dysphagia and fed with peg tube. had a stroke 6years ago.got mild aspiration pneumonia. on 1liter sats at 91%. is it bad?
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Aspiration: Such patients frequently get aspiration pneumonia. The long term prognosis is not good. The short term is not necessarily terrible but if aspiration is repeating then things get worse.
Answered 3/16/2013
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Good for 1 liter: A pao2 of 60 mm/hg is 90% spo2 so your moms pao2 is slightly less, probably 2 liters will get her to 92% which is reasonable. Normal pao2 is 75-100mm/hg. To fully saturate the rbc' you need an oxygen tension between 75 and 100% which in your moms case will not be possible. Plus, giving her too much oxygen may decrease her respiratory drive and cause her to become apneic and retain co2.
Answered 3/17/2013
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