منابع مشابه
Continuous Home Oxygen Therapy
Oxygen therapy is defined as the therapeutic use of oxygen and consists of administering oxygen at higher concentrations than those found in room air, with the aim of treating or preventing hypoxia. This therapeutic intervention has been shown to increase survival in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and respiratory failure. Although this concept has been extended by an...
متن کاملContinuous home oxygen therapy.
Oxygen therapy is defined as the therapeutic use of oxygen and consists of administering oxygen at higher concentrations than those found in room air, with the aim of treating or preventing hypoxia. This therapeutic intervention has been shown to increase survival in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and respiratory failure. Although this concept has been extended by an...
متن کاملThe debate on continuous home oxygen therapy.
Two studies published in the early 80s, namely the Nocturnal Oxygen Therapy Trial (NOTT) and the Medical Research Council Trial (MRC), laid the foundations for modern home oxygen therapy. Since then, little progress has been made in terms of therapeutic indications, and several prescription-associated problems have come to light. Advances in technology have gone hand in hand with growing disreg...
متن کاملHome oxygen therapy in COPD patients
INTRODUCTION Oxygen has been used systematic in the treatment of lung disease since 1922 (9) Treatment with oxygen in the home of the patient is called “home oxygen therapy” or “domiciliary oxygen”. Two randomized studies some 25 years ago showed that continuous oxygen therapy under certain circumstances improved survival in COPD patients (10, 11). Since then, home oxygen therapy has become wid...
متن کاملOptions for home oxygen therapy equipment: storage and metering of oxygen in the home.
Home oxygen therapy equipment options have increased over the past several decades, in response to innovations in technology, economic pressure from third-party payers, and patient demands. The delivery of oxygen in the home has evolved from packaged gas systems containing 99% United States Pharmacopeia oxygen provided by continuous-flow delivery to intermittent-flow delivery, with oxygen conce...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Juntendo Medical Journal
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0022-6769,2188-2134
DOI: 10.14789/pjmj.39.291