Oxygen is an essential medicine: A call for international action

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1362-1368

  Duke, T ^a   Graham, Stephen M ^a,b   Cherian, M N ^c   Ginsburg, A S ^d   English, M ^e   Howie, S ^f   Peel, D ^g   Enarson, P M ^b   Wilson, I H ^h   Were, W ^c   Bradley, B ⁱ   Carai, S ⁱ   Gie, R P ⁱ   Hazir, T ⁱ   Irimu, G ⁱ   La Vincente, S ⁱ   Okello Nyieko, M ⁱ   Qazi, S ⁱ   Singleton, J ⁱ   Subhi, R ⁱ   Weber, M W ⁱ   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Child Lung Health Division   (France)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d PATH   (United States)

^e KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^f MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^g Ashdown Consultants   (United Kingdom)

^h World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ NONE

Author keywords

Health systems; Hypoxaemia; Lung disease; Oxygen; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL DRUG; OXYGEN;

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; MORTALITY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; PULSE OXIMETRY; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; ANOXIA; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 78049449885     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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