Domiciliary oxygen therapy: assessment and management.
This article examines assessment and management strategies for all categories of domiciliary oxygen therapy for adult patients. It highlights the evidence underpinning each category, and enables dissemination of good practice to colleagues, patients and carers.
Lynes
Dave
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Respiratory Education UK, University Hospital Aintree, Liverpool. dave.lynes@respiratoryeduk.com
Kelly
Carol
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D000328:Adult; D003152:Community Health Nursing; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D010166:Palliative Care; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D017751:Safety Management