Larry]. Findley, MD; Donna M. Whelan, RRT; and Kenneth M. Moser, MD, FCCP over th~ la~
t decade, there has been substantial expansion m the use of chronically-administered …

Long-term oxygen therapy is well established as an important part of our therapeutic options
for severe COPD. However, for a therapy whose scientific basis was established almost 30 …

Define the discriminate use of oxygen! It was not done at the Sugarloaf Conference in 1974
(Am Rev Respir Dis 1974; 110 [Suppl]: 4) and, even with great concern for the cost of …

The guidelines for O2 therapy in acute decompensation of COPD and even the indications
for short-term use of O2 during periods of increased requirements in stable COPD are fairly …

The use of long-term ambulatory oxygen therapy has been studied by many investigators,
including the author and his associates, who recently summarized 13 years' experience in …

While the death rates for other chronic diseases decline in the United States, the death rate
for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) continues to increase (1, 2). It is time to …

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Oxygen is an essential component of oxidative metabolism and is used as a treatment in
patients with chronic lung disease. Chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) is the most …

Chronic low flow oxygen is useful therapy for patients with chronic obstructive lung disease
who are crippled by hypoxemia despite optimal programs of usual respiratory care. Patients …

It is now some 20 years since long-term continuous oxygen administration began to be used
in the treatment of patients with chronic obstructive lung disease. Although much has …