Oxygen Therapy in COPD

Long-term oxygen therapy in COPD.

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...

High-concentration oxygen therapy in COPD.

Emergency oxygen therapy for the COPD patient.

Confusion and controversy continues over how much oxygen to give patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) presenting with breathlessness. This article reviews the published literature dealing with this topic, identifies gaps in the debate that have not been addressed and makes recommendations for future research needed to resolve this issue. Based on this review guidelines for...

Portable oxygen therapy: use and benefit in hypoxaemic COPD patients on long-term oxygen therapy.

In 159 chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients (139 males, mean age 62 +/- 8 yrs, arterial oxygen tension (PaO2) 7.2 +/- 0.9 kPa), on long-term oxygen therapy (LTOT), we evaluated the effects of portable oxygen therapy both on the daily duration of oxygen therapy and on daily activities. They were given two types of LTOT at random: group A (n = 75), oxygen concentrators only (OC);...