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Home 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...
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We evaluated the psychological status of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients with chronic respiratory failure, who were qualified for or on long-term oxygen therapy. Forty eight patients were examined. The patients' psychological status was assessed by means of the following methods: detailed clinical interview, the Taylor Manifest Anxiety Scale (MAS), Beck's Depression Inventory, an...
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Authors' conclusions Based on low quality of evidence, LTOT (~ 15 hours/day) decreases all-cause mortality in patients with COPD who have severe hypoxemia (PaO2 ~ 50 mm Hg) and heart failure. The effect for all-cause mortality had borderline statistical significance when the control group was no LTOT: one study. Based on low quality of evidence, there is no beneficial effect of LTOT on all-caus...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Chest
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0012-3692
DOI: 10.1378/chest.09-2555