Long-term oxygen therapy in patients with diagnoses other than COPD.
Long-term O2 prescription in chronic non-COPD hypoxic lung disease is, at present, based largely on physiological rather than on clinical studies. Controlled long-term studies in this field are difficult to perform. The cooperation of many centers is necessary to obtain a large and homogeneous population as the incidence of these diseases is significantly lower than COPD.
Donner
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Clinica del Lavoro Foundation, Italy.
Braghiroli
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Ioli
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Zaccaria
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D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000628:therapy*; D007558:Italy; D008134:Long-Term Care; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000628:therapy; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000628:therapy*; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000628:therapy