oxygen administration

1. OXYGENATION

3. FACTORS AFFECTING RESPIRATORY
FUNCTIONS
• ACTIVITY/EXERCISE
• BASAL METABOLIC RATE
• ACTION OF RESPIRATORY CENTER
• AGE
• GENDER
• STRESS
• ACUTE PAIN

4. • ANXIETY
• SMOKING
• MEDICATIONS
• ANEMIA
• RESPIRATORY DISEASES
• BRAIN LESIONS
• DYSPNEA OR LABOURED BREATHING

5. ALTERATIONS IN RESPIRATORY
FUNCTIONING
• Any illness that affects the oxygen transport causes alterations in respiratory
functioning. Primary alterations in respiratory functions are:
• Hyperventilation
• Hypoventilation
• Hypoxia