The X-ray of the patient's lungs showed "big white lungs". He breathed more than 30 times a minute, but the blood oxygen concentration was still insufficient. The doctor used medication to slow down the breathing speed and successfully increased the blood oxygen concentration.

(Picture taken from Su Yifeng Facebook)

[Health Channel/Comprehensive Report] When the X-ray of the patient's lungs shows a "big white lung" state, it means that the pneumonia is severe. The patient will breathe rapidly due to hypoxia but still has insufficient blood oxygen; Su Yifeng, a chest physician, said that although the patient is hypoxic, But rapid breathing is the most oxygen-consuming behavior of the body at the moment. Only by slowing down the breathing speed through medication can the blood oxygen concentration be increased.

Su Yifeng shared an emergency case on his personal Facebook and pointed out that when he was on duty, a patient with large white lung suddenly came to the hospital. After hospitalization, he used oxygen higher and higher until pure oxygen. As a result, the blood oxygen concentration was only in the early 80s, and the patient’s breathing rate was per minute. More than 30 times.

He also shared the conversation with the nurse at that time:

Please read on...

Dr. Su: We use medicine to suppress the breathing speed!


Nurse: Is this okay?

Will breathing speed down be effective?

Severe white lung patients breathe so fast that they are hypoxic, can they still suppress their breathing?

The results confirmed that the blood oxygen concentration rose to a safe 96-97 after the medication suppressed the patient's breathing speed!

Su Yifeng explained that when we breathe hard, more than half of the body's oxygen will be consumed to maintain and establish breathing, which means that breathing becomes the most oxygen-consuming behavior of the body at the moment!

Just like a drowning person, if his hands and feet are at a loss, he will drown faster. Let the patient's breathing cooperate with the machine to reduce unnecessary oxygen consumption!

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