• Arch. Bronconeumol. · May 2014

    Practice Guideline

    Continuous home oxygen therapy.

    • Ortega Ruiz Francisco F Unidad Médico-Quirúrgica de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, CIBERES, IBIS, Sevilla, España. Electronic addres, Díaz Lobato Salvador S Servicio de Neumología, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, España., Juan Bautista Galdiz Iturri, Francisco García Rio, Rosa Güell Rous, Fátima Morante Velez, Luis Puente Maestu, Julia Tàrrega Camarasa, and SEPAR.
    • Unidad Médico-Quirúrgica de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, CIBERES, IBIS, Sevilla, España. Electronic address: f.o.r@wanadoo.es.
    • Arch. Bronconeumol. 2014 May 1; 50 (5): 185-200.

    AbstractOxygen therapy is defined as the therapeutic use of oxygen and consists of administering oxygen at higher concentrations than those found in room air, with the aim of treating or preventing hypoxia. This therapeutic intervention has been shown to increase survival in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and respiratory failure. Although this concept has been extended by analogy to chronic respiratory failure caused by respiratory and non-respiratory diseases, continuous oxygen therapy has not been shown to be effective in other disorders. Oxygen therapy has not been shown to improve survival in patients with COPD and moderate hypoxaemia, nor is there consensus regarding its use during nocturnal desaturations in COPD or desaturations caused by effort. The choice of the oxygen source must be made on the basis of criteria such as technical issues, patient comfort and adaptability and cost. Flow must be adjusted to achieve appropriate transcutaneous oxyhaemoglobin saturation correction. Copyright © 2013 SEPAR. Published by Elsevier Espana. All rights reserved.

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