Reviewed by Ware Kuschner, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine Long-term supplemental oxygen provides no benefit in ...
Prescribing ambulatory oxygen in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) improves exercise performance, but not the quality of their daily life unless they have resting hypoxemia, ...
A treatment once reserved for scuba divers is gaining attention for its potential in treating a variety of ailments, including traumatic brain injuries, lingering COVID symptoms, and chronic ...
The clinical and survival benefit of home oxygen therapy, both LTOT and nocturnal oxygen therapy, for patients with COPD and moderate hypoxemia was evaluated in this meta-analysis. Home oxygen therapy ...
PARIS — In patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome (ACS), there was no difference in overall 30-day mortality between a high- and low-usage oxygen protocol in a new study involving the whole ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although home use of short-burst oxygen therapy is widely prescribed in the UK for patients with COPD, it may be helpful only in a small minority of patients, researchers ...
Routine use of prophylactic oxygen had no benefit or harm in a new large randomized trial in acute stroke patients. "This is the largest study of oxygen in acute stroke — the best data we have on this ...
Prescribing ambulatory oxygen in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease improves exercise performance, but not the quality of their daily life unless they have resting hypoxemia, ...