Domiciliary visits.

Domiciliary Treatment of Tuberculosis

By F. R. Walters.?Published by Bailliere, Tindal & Cox, 1921. Price 12s. 6d. net. Tiik book is written from wide experience. The author has studied the treatment of tuberculosis in institutions both in England and on the continent. As a County Tuberculosis Officer he knows the problem well from its domiciliary aspect. Much of the subject-matter of the book will be found in larger works, but the...

Domiciliary, Palliative, and Terminal Care

How patients use domiciliary oxygen.

Forty-five patients in Southampton who received domiciliary oxygen were visited at home to find out how they used and coped with their oxygen. Generally, the organisation and administration of supplies presented no problems, nearly all the apparatus complied with the drug tariff, and most patients coped well with the equipment. Only two patients were taking oxygen for prescribed periods; the ot...

Running a domiciliary nebuliser service.

A nebuliser service should be provided locally, according to local needs. It should be centralised and administered by a designated consultant or consultants and written guidelines should be provided for medical and para-medical staff. The service should: (1) provide compressor/nebuliser units suitable for the prescribed treatment, (2) provide a system for equipment replacement, repair and main...

Appropriateness of domiciliary oxygen delivery.

OBJECTIVE Almost every country in the developed world has a domiciliary oxygen program. Whether recipients meet program criteria has not been rigorously studied. DESIGN Cross-sectional survey. PARTICIPANTS Two hundred thirty-seven patients receiving domiciliary oxygen in the Ontario Ministry of Health Home Oxygen Program (HOP). METHODS A respiratory therapist visited the patients' homes a...