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Clinical Pulmonary Medicine:

November 2007 - Volume 14 - Issue 6 - p 365

doi: 10.1097/CPM.0b013e31815a9e39

Pulmonary Trends

Supplemental Oxygen for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: When Is It Necessary?

Spiegler, Peter MD, FCCP

Abstract

Synopsis: The use of supplemental oxygen for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who desaturate with exercise produced a short-term improvement in exercise capacity but had no effect on quality of life or functional status.

Source: Nonoyama ML, Brooks D, Guyatt GH, Goldstein RS. Effect of oxygen on health quality of life in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with transient exertional hypoxemia. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2007;176:343-349.

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