title: Supplemental oxygen therapy: Important considerations in oral and maxillofacial surgery.
abstract: The administration of supplemental oxygen is an essential element of appropriate management for a wide range of clinical conditions; crossing different medical and surgical specialities. The present review summarizes the role of supportive oxygen therapy in various clinical conditions encountered in our day-to-day practice in the speciality of oral and maxillofacial surgery; including major trauma, shock, sepsis; perioperative and postoperative considerations and in patients with various other medical comorbidities. Regular and judicious use of oxygen as a drug is thus recommended in our day-to-day practice in oral and maxillofacial surgery to reduce the morbidity and improve the prognosis of patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Government Dental College, Pt. B.D Sharma University of Health Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana-124 001, India.
authors.forename: Virendra
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Pranav
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Shruti
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Khatana
authors.forename: Amrish
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bhagol