British Thoracic Society guidelines for Home Oxygen use in adults

Thorax

Volumn 70, Issue , 2015, Pages i1-i43

  Hardinge, Maxine ^a   Annandale, Joe ^b   Bourne, Simon ^c   Cooper, Brendan ^d   Evans, Angela ^e   Freeman, Daryl ^f   Green, Angela ^g   Hippolyte, Sabrine ^h   Knowles, Vikki ⁱ   Macnee, William ^j   McDonnell, Lynn ^k   Pye, Kathy ^l   Suntharalingam, Jay ^m   Vora, Vandana ⁿ   Wilkinson, Tom ^o  

^a CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCE PHILIP HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c PORTSMOUTH HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Partnership NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^f Mundesley Medical Centre   (United Kingdom)

^g BRADFORD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^h ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ Respiratory Care Team Surrey PCT   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^k ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

^m ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^o UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; PLACEBO;

AMBULATORY CARE; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLUSTER HEADACHE; DYSPNEA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEMATOCRIT; HOME CARE; HOME OXYGEN THERAPY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMIDIFIER; HYPERCAPNIA; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG HEMODYNAMICS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NASAL CANNULA; NONINVASIVE VENTILATION; OXYGEN DESATURATION; OXYGEN MASK; OXYGEN TENSION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; POLYCYTHEMIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PULSE OXIMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLEEP; SLEEP QUALITY; SMOKING; THORAX WALL DEFECT; ADULT; BLOOD; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; DEVICES; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OXYGEN THERAPY; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONOLOGY; STANDARDS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; GREAT BRITAIN; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; OXYGEN; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONARY MEDICINE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 84930985622     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-206865     Document Type: Review

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