Oxygen concentrators: A practical guide for clinicians and technicians in developing countries

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 87-101

  Duke, T ^a,b   Peel, D ^a,c   Graham, S ^d   Howie, S ^f   Enarson, P M ^e   Jacobson, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA   (Papua New Guinea)

^c Ashdown Consultants ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

^e MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^f AirSep Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

AIRFLOW; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLOW RATE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; OXYGEN SUPPLY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT SAFETY; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PNEUMONIA; POWER SUPPLY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PULSE OXIMETRY; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; TREND STUDY;

ANOXIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; OXYGEN;

EID: 77952934012     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: 14653281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/146532810X12637745452356     Document Type: Review

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