Long-Term Oxygen Therapy New Insights and Perspectives /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Negro, Roberto Walter Dal (Editor), Hodder, Richard (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Milano : Springer Milan : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Health promotion.; Internal medicine.; Respiratory organs > Diseases.; Emergency medicine.; Medicine & Public Health.; Pneumology/Respiratory System.; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.; Internal Medicine.; Emergency Services.

Long-term oxygen therapy (LTOT) usually represents the final step in the management of severe chronic respiratory diseases: a large proportion of patients suffering from these conditions is involved and the corresponding impact for the Health Institutions and the Society is dramatically increasing....