Abstract
This article examines assessment and management strategies for all categories of domiciliary oxygen therapy for adult patients. It highlights the evidence underpinning each category, and enables dissemination of good practice to colleagues, patients and carers.
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Community Health Nursing*
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Home Care Services*
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Humans
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Nursing Assessment
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Oxygen Inhalation Therapy / methods*
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Palliative Care
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Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / diagnosis
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Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / nursing
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Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / physiopathology
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Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / therapy*
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Safety Management