Indications of different oxygen sources.
Elderly patients with limited prognosis and limited activities are sufficiently supplied by oxygen concentrators with or without portable oxygen gas cylinders. Younger patients with promising life expectancy should be candidates for transtracheal catheter and for liquid oxygen with or without oxygen saving systems.
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Department of Internal Medicine, Municipal Hospital, Bad Reichenhall, Federal Republic of Germany.
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000628:therapy*; D008134:Long-Term Care; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation*