title: Emergency oxygen delivery 2: patients with asthma and COPD.
abstract: This is the second of a two-part unit on the use of emergency oxygen in adults. Part 1 outlined the main recommendations of the recently published British Thoracic Society guidance. It also examined managing breathlessness in non-hypoxaemic patients. This part discusses some potential changes to clinical practice and provides practical examples on administering oxygen to patients with acute asthma and COPD. It also outlines issues around administering oxygen that lack evidence and need good-quality studies.
authors.affiliation: St Mary's Hospital, London, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.
authors.forename: Sheree M S
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Sian B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Duggan-Brennan
authors.forename: Kathryn E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Powrie
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Haffenden
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000628:therapy*; D006113:United Kingdom