Qatar - Al Ahli Hospital introduces high flow oxygen technique

Doha: Al-Ahli Hospital has announced the addition of high-flow oxygen technique to its services provided to patients. 

High-flow oxygen technique supply oxygen with a higher flow and the required concentration to the patient during the anaesthesia period, during which the amount of oxygen in the blood might be decrease. 

This technique is considered one of the modern and promising techniques in anaesthesia field. 

It contains several advantages, the first one is its ability to produce positive air pressure and significantly improve the oxygen level in the blood.

Dr. Mohammad Abd Al Karim Al Hashemi, Anesthesia Consultant and Head of Anesthesia Department at the hospital, said that the high flow generates a high reservoir of oxygen in the lung of the patient, decreases the re-breathing of carbon dioxide and improve the rate of ventilation. 

It also maintains an excellent degree of mucosal hydration and decreases the dryness of the airways, which improves patient comfort. 

He said,“High-flow oxygen therapy also provides non-invasive respiratory support in addition to warm, humid, oxygen-rich air for patients with a high flow rate.”

Dr. Al Hashemi emphasized that the use of high flow oxygen is usually for spontaneously breathing patients who need more oxygen. Treatment with high flow oxygen also provides respiratory support for patients with acute respiratory failure due to hypoxia.

Al Hashemi added that high-flow oxygen can also be used to avoid endotracheal intubation and help to significantly increase the oxygen content in the blood, improve respiratory rate and relieve shortness of breath, which is reflected on patient comfort, in addition to help in a patients recovery after removing the tube, which leads to improve the results and shorten the stay in the intensive care unit. 

He indicated that it is also useful from an economic point of view, as it reduces the need to use a respirator, and it can be used in various hospital departments, pointing out that Al-Ahli Hospital is currently the only hospital in Qatar that has been introduced the use of this device for anaesthesia in the endoscopy unit of the digestive system, which contributed significantly in reducing the risks of anaesthesia on patients, especially those who suffer from obesity and obstruction of the airways. 

“This reflected positively on the safety and quality of services provided to our dear guests,” he said.

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