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Which patients with moderate hypoxemia benefit from long-term oxygen therapy? Ways forward
Long-term oxygen therapy (LTOT) improves prognosis in patients with COPD and chronic severe hypoxemia. The efficacy in moderate hypoxemia (tension of arterial oxygen; on air, 7.4−8.0 kPa) was questioned by a recent large trial. We reviewed the evidence to date (five randomized trials; 1,191 particip...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Dove Medical Press
2018
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5765977/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29386891 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S148673 |