Clinical Practice Guideline on Adult Domiciliary Oxygen Therapy: Executive summary from the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand

Respirology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 76-78

  McDonald, Christine F ^a,b   Whyte, Ken ^h   Jenkins, Sue ^c,d   Serginson, John ^e,f   Frith, Peter ^g  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e CABOOLTURE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^g FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

clinical respiratory medicine; long term oxygen therapy; oxygen guideline; oxygen therapy

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AVIATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FLOW RATE; HEART FAILURE; HOME OXYGEN THERAPY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEW ZEALAND; OUTPATIENT CARE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

EID: 84952871450     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/resp.12678     Document Type: Article

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