Oxygen Therapy in the Home: Safety Precautions and Implications for Home Healthcare Clinicians

Home Healthcare Nurse

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 417-420

  Brinkerhoff, Shane ^a  

^a Gentiva Health Services   (Georgia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING; OXYGEN THERAPY; SAFETY; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

AGED; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 70349430247     PISSN: 0884741X     EISSN: 15390713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NHH.0000358274.54176.50     Document Type: Article

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