title: Quality assessment and predictors of survival in long-term domiciliary oxygen therapy. The Swedish Society of Chest Medicine.
abstract: On January 1, 1987, 560 patients (267 male) were registered as using long-term domiciliary oxygen therapy (LTO) in Sweden. The duration of LTO before this date varied between 10 days and 11 yrs. During a two-year follow-up 12 patients had their LTO withdrawn because they were no longer hypoxic. In 139 patients the arterial oxygen tension (PaO2) on breathing air was registered three times. In seventeen (12%) of these patients the PaO2 exceeded 7.5 kPa on all three control occasions. The two year actuarial survival in all patients was 57%. The two year actuarial survival was 77% in patients with kyphoscoliosis, 56% in patients with sequelae of tuberculosis, 54% in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and 39% in patients with fibrosis. In COPD patients survival was predicted by age, sex, current smoking habits, arterial carbon dioxide tension (PacO2) when breathing oxygen and oral steroid medication. A poor Zubrod performance score was associated with a high mortality rate in all patient groups.
authors.affiliation: Division of Chest Medicine, Central Hospital, Karlskrona, Sweden.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ström
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Boe
mesh_terms: D000206:Actuarial Analysis; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy; D012042:Registries; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality* / Q000628:therapy; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology; D016019:Survival Analysis; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology; D013997:Time Factors