Do patients using long-term liquid oxygen differ from those on traditional treatment with oxygen concentrators and/or compressed gas cylinders? A comparison of two national registers

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 84-87

  Schaanning, J ^a   Strom K ^b   Boe, J ^c  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; HYPOXEMIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG EDEMA; OXYGEN SUPPLY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SMOKING;

EID: 0031937927     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0954-6111(98)90037-3     Document Type: Article

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