[Home oxygen therapy: nursing care].
The authors present a brief historical summary of the use of oxygen therapy in a patient's home from its start in 1970 to the present time, analyzing the controversies which have developed and the interest in oxygen therapy in a patient's home. For a review of the indications, initial evaluation, requirements and dose of this treatment, one should consult the article written by these authors published in Revista Rol de Enfermeria 2000; 23(4):257-261. In continuation, the authors explain the main nursing care which a patient receiving oxygen therapy at home requires, the circumstances which can compromise its efficiency, its secondary effects and complications, and the follow-up that is necessary to carry out on patients using this therapy.
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Departamento de Enfermería, Universidad de Extremadura, Badajoz.
Durán Gómez
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García García
M J
MJ
Lavado García
J M
JM
Canal Macías
M L
ML
Costa Fernández
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Pedrera Zamorano
J D
JD
D000359:Aftercare; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing*; D012307:Risk Factors