Home Long-Term Oxygen Treatment in Italy The Additional Value of Telemedicine /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Negro, R.W. Dal (Editor), Goldberg, A.I (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Milano : Springer Milan, 2005.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Health promotion.; Health informatics.; Respiratory organs > Diseases.; Nursing.; Nursing administration.; Medicine & Public Health.; Pneumology/Respiratory System.; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.; Health Informatics.; Nursing Management/Nursing Research.

Table of Contents:

• Telemedicine in Respiratory Care
• Home Long-Term Oxygen Treatment (H-LTOT): Why, Where, and How
• From National to Regional Criteria for H-LTOT
• Systems for Oxygen Delivery
• The Interfaces
• Telemedicine and LTOT in Italy: a 20-Year Experience
• New Telemonitoring Technologies in Italy
• The Changing Role of Nursing in Telemetric LTOT at Home
• Home LTOT: Patient—Caregiver Compliance and Adhesion
• Complications in LTOT patients
• LTOT Outcomes: Patient’s and Doctor’s Perspectives
• Telemedicine for Home-Ventilated Patients
• Economic Evaluation of Treating Patients with Long-Term Oxygen Therapy with or without Telemetric Monitoring
• Continuing Quality Improvement in the Management of H-LTOT.