title: Oxygen concentrators and cylinders.
abstract: A comparison is made between oxygen cylinders and oxygen concentrators as sources for clinical use. Oxygen cylinders are in widespread use, but costs and logistic factors favour the use of concentrators in many developing country situations, especially where cylinder supplies fail to penetrate.
authors.affiliation: Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK. michael.dobson@ndm.ox.ac.uk
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Dobson
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003906:Developing Countries / Q000191:economics*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy / Q000191:economics* / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012120:Respiration Disorders / Q000191:economics* / Q000628:therapy