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View article: What can we Learn from Patients who Died from Covid-19 Following Escalation to a Respiratory High Dependency Unit for Trial of Non-Invasive Respiratory Support?
What can we Learn from Patients who Died from Covid-19 Following Escalation to a Respiratory High Dependency Unit for Trial of Non-Invasive Respiratory Support? Open
Background: Covid-19 infection is associated with significant risk of death, particularly in older, comorbid patients. Emerging evidence supports use of non-invasive respiratory support (CPAP and high-flow nasal oxygen [HFNO]) in this cont…
View article: Successful awake proning is associated with improved clinical outcomes in patients with COVID-19: single-centre high-dependency unit experience
Successful awake proning is associated with improved clinical outcomes in patients with COVID-19: single-centre high-dependency unit experience Open
The SARS-CoV-2 can lead to severe illness with COVID-19. Outcomes of patients requiring mechanical ventilation are poor. Awake proning in COVID-19 improves oxygenation, but on data clinical outcomes is limited. This single-centre retrospec…
View article: British Thoracic Society quality standards for home oxygen use in adults
British Thoracic Society quality standards for home oxygen use in adults Open
Introduction The purpose of the quality standards document is to provide healthcare professionals, commissioners, service providers and patients with a guide to standards of care that should be met for home oxygen provision in the UK, toge…
View article: Self-Management Support Using a Digital Health System Compared With Usual Care for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Randomized Controlled Trial
Self-Management Support Using a Digital Health System Compared With Usual Care for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Randomized Controlled Trial Open
International Standard Randomized Controlled Trial Number (ISRCTN): 40367841; http://www.isrctn.com/ISRCTN40367841 (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/6pmfIJ9KK).
View article: Treating the lungs via the brain: Mechanisms underpinning improvements in breathlessness with pulmonary rehabilitation
Treating the lungs via the brain: Mechanisms underpinning improvements in breathlessness with pulmonary rehabilitation Open
Background Breathlessness in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is often discordant with airway pathophysiology (“over-perception”). Pulmonary rehabilitation has profound effects upon breathlessness, without influencing lung func…
View article: P68 To screen or not to screen for Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA) pre-operatively?
P68 To screen or not to screen for Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA) pre-operatively? Open
Background Anaesthesia worsens OSA, and may lead to respiratory and cardiac complications. Three critical incidents have occurred in the Oxford Hospitals in recent years. OSA is very common at around 5–25%, but half the cases are not diagn…
View article: When should I be considering home oxygen for my patients?
When should I be considering home oxygen for my patients? Open
The ability to provide oxygen in a patient's home can offer enormous benefits, including improvements in life expectancy when given in the appropriate setting. Confusingly, however, home oxygen is available in many forms, including long-te…
View article: P198 Managing Ventilatory Failure in patients on LTOT: A case series of outcomes using NIV
P198 Managing Ventilatory Failure in patients on LTOT: A case series of outcomes using NIV Open
Background Long term Oxygen therapy (LTOT) has been shown to have survival benefits in patients with COPD when therapeutic levels are achieved (PO2 >8.0 kPa, saturations >92%). But for some patients, loss of hypoxic ventilatory drive, can …
View article: Guideline update: The British Thoracic Society Guidelines on home oxygen use in adults
Guideline update: The British Thoracic Society Guidelines on home oxygen use in adults Open
The 2015 British Thoracic Society (BTS) Home Oxygen Guidelines provides detailed evidence-based guidance for the use of oxygen by patients in their own homes or other non-acute hospital settings.
View article: British Thoracic Society guidelines for home oxygen use in adults: accredited by NICE
British Thoracic Society guidelines for home oxygen use in adults: accredited by NICE Open
The British Thoracic Society (BTS) Home Oxygen Guideline provides detailed evidence-based guidance for the use of home oxygen for patients out of hospital. Although the majority of evidence comes from the use of oxygen in patients with chr…