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Monitoring Oxygen Saturation Levels in Patients Undergoing Long-Term Home Oxygen Therapy Using a Portable Oximeter

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Thirty-six patients, all with chronic obstructive or restrictive pulmonary disease and living at home with supplemental oxygen, were tested for oxygen saturation levels with a portable oximeter. Our aim was to determine whether or not routine oximetry could be used to improve the quality of home care provided for patients suffering from chronic hypoxaemia by the ability to adjust their oxygen flow rates and to make them aware of the need to adjust their home treatment when their oxygen saturation levels were unsatisfactory.

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  1. Lyliane P. Adams
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  2. M. D. Foret
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  1. Research Department of Anaesthetics, The Royal College of Surgeons of England, 35-43 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3PN, England

    James P. Payne MB, ChB, FFARCS, MD (Symposium Chairman, British Oxygen Professor of Anaesthetics and Director, Consultant Anaesthetist to the St. Peter’s Hospitals and The London Hospital) (Symposium Chairman, British Oxygen Professor of Anaesthetics and Director, Consultant Anaesthetist to the St. Peter’s Hospitals and The London Hospital)

  2. Department of Anesthesia, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Avenue, California, 94143, USA

    J. W. Severinghaus MD, FFARCS

  3. Anaesthetics Unit, The London Hospital Medical College, UK

    James P. Payne MB, ChB, FFARCS, MD (Symposium Chairman, British Oxygen Professor of Anaesthetics and Director, Consultant Anaesthetist to the St. Peter’s Hospitals and The London Hospital) (Symposium Chairman, British Oxygen Professor of Anaesthetics and Director, Consultant Anaesthetist to the St. Peter’s Hospitals and The London Hospital)

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Adams, L.P., Foret, M.D. (1986). Monitoring Oxygen Saturation Levels in Patients Undergoing Long-Term Home Oxygen Therapy Using a Portable Oximeter. In: Payne, J.P., Severinghaus, J.W. (eds) Pulse Oximetry. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1423-9_22

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