overoxygenate
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[edit]overoxygenate (third-person singular simple present overoxygenates, present participle overoxygenating, simple past and past participle overoxygenated)
- To oxygenate excessively, that is, to give (a patient) too much oxygen therapy.
- 1991 May, Jonathon W Gietzen, “Blood Gas Corner #29—A Case of Oxygen-Induced Hypoventilation”, in Respiratory Care, volume 36, number 5, American Association for Respiratory Therapy, →ISSN, page 433:
- 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.