Domiciliary oxygen therapy.
Patients with severe chronic air flow limitation due to bronchitis and emphysema may extend their duration of life and improve its quality with low flow oxygen therapy. It is expensive; careful selection of patients is essential.
D000208:Acute Disease; D001249:Asthma / Q000628:therapy*; D001991:Bronchitis / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy / Q000191:economics / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D011656:Pulmonary Emphysema / Q000628:therapy*; D011660:Pulmonary Heart Disease / Q000150:complications; D012646:Self Administration