Nasal dryness discomfort in individuals receiving dry oxygen via nasal cannula

Respiratory Care

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 503-504

  Miyamoto, Kenji ^a   Nishimura, Masaharu ^b  

^a Department of Physical Therapy ^*

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRY NOSE; HUMAN; HUMIDIFIER; LETTER; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; OXYGEN BREATHING; OXYGEN THERAPY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ADULT; AGED; HUMIDITY; JAPAN; NOSE CAVITY;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; JAPAN; NASAL CAVITY; OXYGEN; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY;

EID: 48049120233     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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