RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Oxygen devices and delivery systems
JF Breathe
JO Breathe
FD European Respiratory Society
SP e108
OP e116
DO 10.1183/20734735.0204-2019
VO 15
IS 3
A1 Hardavella, Georgia
A1 Karampinis, Ioannis
A1 Frille, Armin
A1 Sreter, Katherina
A1 Rousalova, Ilona
YR 2019
UL http://breathe.ersjournals.com/content/15/3/e108.abstract
AB Oxygen use has extended from inpatient to outpatient settings for patients with chronic pulmonary diseases and complications of hypoxaemia. This article presents an overview of oxygen devices (oxygen concentrators, compressed gas cylinders and liquid oxygen) and delivery systems (high- and low-flow). The indications, advantages and disadvantages of each device and delivery system are presented, aiming to offer updated knowledge to the multidisciplinary team members managing patients with respiratory failure, and therefore allowing appropriate selection of devices and delivery systems that are tailored to the needs of each patient.Consolidated knowledge of all oxygen devices and delivery systems is essential to devise tailored patient-based plans for oxygen therapy http://bit.ly/2kh5f2G