Oxygen therapy for patients with COPD: current evidence and the long-term oxygen treatment trial

• Published in: Chest Vol. 138; no. 1; p. 179
• Main Authors: Stoller, James K, Panos, Ralph J, Krachman, Samuel, Doherty, Dennis E, Make, Barry
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.07.2010
• Subjects: Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Oxygen Inhalation Therapy - methods; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - therapy; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; Time Factors; Treatment Outcome

Long-term use of supplemental oxygen improves survival in patients with COPD and severe resting hypoxemia. However, the role of oxygen in symptomatic patients with COPD and more moderate hypoxemia at rest and desaturation with activity is unclear. The few long-term reports of supplemental oxygen in...