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Practical tips on prescribing home oxygen therapy

Pages 83-90 | Published online: 17 May 2016
 

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Persons with advanced respiratory insufficiency definitely benefit from continuous and long-term use of oxygen at home. Dr Petty summarizes the results of studies on these patients, including criteria for patient selection, guidelines for flow-rate prescription, and survival rates for varying lengths of oxygen use per day. He also describes requirements for Medicare reimbursement and advantages and disadvantages of different delivery systems.

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