Twenty-six patients with severe chronic obstructive lung disease exercised on a treadmill
while breathing either room air, supplementary compressed air, or O2. Endurance was …

Domiciliary oxygen therapy has for many years been available in'the United Kingdom
through the family practitioner services. Hitherto the approved method of providing this has …

The effects of oxygen therapy in patients with stable COPD have been previously reported;
however, the hemodynamic changes induced by oxygen therapy in patients during acute …

The use of new types of portable oxygen apparatus which are adapted to ambulatory
oxygen is described. The relief of dyspnea on exertion in patients with pulmonary …

The mean inhaled oxygen concentrations received from five devices commonly used for
delivering supplemental oxygen to spontaneously breathing patients were determined. The …

Fifty portable oxygen assessments, based on 6-min walking tests, were reviewed to produce
guidelines for assessment and prescription of portable oxygen, and to evaluate factors …

METHODS Eight male volunteers ranging in age from 20 to 23 years served as subjects.
Three were cigarette smokers. The subjects were studied at rest and while performing …

The purpose of this study was to determine if there is a relationship between improvement in
exercise capacity with supplemental oxygen and the magnitude of hypoxic ventilatory drive …

Portable oxygen concentrators (POC) are highly desirable for patients with lung disease
traveling by airplane, as these devices allow theoretically much higher travel times if …

BACKGROUND: Because standard home oxygen (O2) systems deliver O2 at fixed rates,
these systems are not designed to ensure optimal oxygen delivery based on physiologic …