Outpatient oxygen therapy.
Patients with polycythemia, pulmonary hypertension, or cor pulmonale are most likely to benefit from home oxygen therapy; in others, exercise tolerance can be improved and neuropsychologic effects of hypoxemia relieved. Indications for home therapy, methods of delivering outpatient oxygen, economic considerations, and possible complications are addressed.
D000368:Aged; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000628:therapy; D010100:Oxygen / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000097:blood; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D010313:Partial Pressure; D013997:Time Factors
D010100:Oxygen