Is it time to change the approach to oxygen therapy in the breathless patient?

Thorax

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 840-841

  Beasley, Richard ^a,b   Aldington, Sarah ^a   Robinson, Geoffrey ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NEW ZEALAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EDITORIAL; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; HYPEROXIA; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG VOLUME; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; REPERFUSION INJURY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

DYSPNEA; HUMANS; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 35348948398     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2006.068866     Document Type: Editorial

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