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At any hospital where I worked it seemed like it was an automatic protocol to put a patient on O2 by nasal cannula. And yes, you can have a bacterial infection and a viral infection at the same time.

Leslie

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From 2017 quote: The most conventional forms of oxygen delivery rely on facemasks, a nasal cannula or nasal prongs. However, the use of these methods is limited by certain drawbacks, including the need for a flow of oxygen higher than 15L/min in case of severe hypoxemia or the dilution of administered oxygen by entrained room air in cases of high inspiratory flow. An alternative to conventional oxygen therapy has received growing attention: heated, humidified, high flow nasal oxygen (HFNO), a technique that can deliver heated and humidified oxygen, with a controlled fraction of inspired oxygen (FiO2), at a maximum flow rate of 60L/min via a nasal cannula.

Link: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5764549/

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In this case the rate of oxygen flow may be higher than what you saw.. That's the impression I am getting.

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Non silence of my lambs

🐛🤫🐑

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The masks 😷 don’t cover the mouth 👄 Clarice 🍆🐛

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I don't get it

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