[Continuous home oxygen therapy in chronic obstructive bronchopneumopathy].
Long-term oxygen therapy (LTOT) has a significant effect on the survival of patients with chronic obstructive bronchitis and/or emphysema (COPD). The rationale for this therapy is based on prevention of the increase in pulmonary arterial tension resulting from chronic hypoxia. There are several problems in the application of this treatment to individual patients, and they are reviewed in this paper. Indication for LTOT depends on precise criteria. Information to the patients and to the medical community is essential for the success of this therapy.
Division de pneumologie, Hôpital cantonal universitaire, Genève.
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D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000503:physiopathology; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000517:prevention & control; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000517:prevention & control
L'oxygénothérapie continue à domicile dans la broncho-pneumopathie obstructive chronique.