Dec. 16, 2024
Journal Club: Long Term Oxygen Therapy
A recent study showed that you don’t need oxygen all day, every day. That’s welcome news for patients needing chronic oxygen.
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It has long been established that, for people have chronic hypoxic respiratory failure, supplemental oxygen is beneficial. I have known this for my entire career. And, for many patients, that oxygen needs to be delivered continuously - 24 hours per …