title: [Experiences with long-term oxygen therapy in patients with obstructive and restrictive respiratory disorders].
abstract: Thirteen years' experience with long-term oxygen therapy at home for patients with chronic respiratory distress are reviewed. In the period since 1976 37 patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and 48 patients with restrictive respiratory disorders were treated. During oxygen breathing both groups showed the same results in regard to behaviour of the oxygen partial pressure, the carbon dioxide partial pressure, the hematocrit and the heart rate. The mean survival-time amounted to 26 months. The long-term oxygen therapy is useful in the treatment of patients with respiratory insufficiency caused by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and by restrictive respiratory disorders as well.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Lungenkrankheiten und Tuberkulose, Bad Berka.
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Guschall
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Liebetrau
mesh_terms: D000403:Airway Resistance / Q000502:physiology; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000097:blood / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D011660:Pulmonary Heart Disease / Q000628:therapy; D014109:Total Lung Capacity / Q000502:physiology; D014797:Vital Capacity / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D010100:Oxygen
vernacular_title: Erfahrungen mit der Sauerstoff-Langzeittherapie bei Patienten mit obstruktiver und restriktiver Ventilationsstörung.