Overoxygenate
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To oxygenate excessively, that is, to give (a patient) too much oxygen therapy.
"If an attempt is made to use a low-flow oxygen device when a patient is in a labile period, the respiratory therapist will be unable to accurately adjust the oxygen flow to compensate for rapid changes in breathing pattern and may either overoxygenate or underoxygenate the patient."
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More examples"If an attempt is made to use a low-flow oxygen device when a patient is in a labile period, the respiratory therapist will be unable to accurately adjust the oxygen flow to compensate for rapid changes in breathing pattern and may either overoxygenate or underoxygenate the patient."
Etymology
From over- + oxygenate.
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