title: Audit on prescription of long-term oxygen treatment.
abstract: An audit was undertaken to assess the compliance to British Thoracic Society guidelines (1997) in the prescription of long-term oxygen treatment (LTOT) in Bassetlaw District General Hospital. A total of 34 patients were prescribed LTOT in our hospital between March 1993 and October 1998. The average age of patients was 71 years, 31 patients had COPD and three had chronic asthma. Only ten patients were clinically stable at the time of assessment. None of the measurements were repeated after a period of three weeks before prescribing LTOT. Adherence to guidelines in the prescription of LTOT was poor in our audit.
authors.affiliation: General Medicine in Bassetlaw District General Hospital, Kilton, Worksop, UK.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Shankar
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Muthiah
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006767:Hospitals, District / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000628:therapy*; D006113:United Kingdom; D014600:Utilization Review